Watercolor Landscapes: Experimental Tools and Techniques

Overview

“In this lesson I will teach you about why you need soft and sharp edges in a painting and how to do it.”

In this video lesson Christian Koivumaa addresses the topic: Softening Edges After the Paint Has Dried, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Landscapes: Experimental Tools and Techniques. Explore a variety of watercolor techniques using different tools and create unique works of art inspired by the world around you.

Partial transcription of the video

“Softening the Edges After the Paint Has Dried In this lesson, I'll show you how to soften edges after the paint has dried. When you're applying paint to your paper and when you're using watercolor, naturally, the paint will create kind of a sharp edge to it. This is something that might be good or it might be bad. The good thing with sharp edges is it's perfect for, for example, at creating tension or that's something you might want to use for a focal point. But a painting with only sharp edges might be kind of hard for the viewer to look at. It's good with some balance, and that's why you ...”

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Course summary for: Watercolor Landscapes: Experimental Tools and Techniques

• Level: Beginner
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• 6296 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (2h 4m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Fine Arts, Painting, Watercolor Painting