1. I used salt on parts of my painting where I put to much color to absorb some pigment in splotchy parts to make it look more natural. For my base colors I used watercolor pencils to make a light but detailed landscape. Then I went in and used dark colors with a short and fine brush and quick and heavy strokes to make a 3D texture for my large plant area.
2. It was very important because it allowed me to add pigment in different places without making it unrealistically dark. 3. Doing an over sketch on my final and using watercolor pencils gave me complete control over color placement. I also used salt to strip pigment from places I put to much color. 4. Yes because in different places it had to be darker for a shadow effect to make the 2D painting look 3D. 5. I made sure to use the appropriate brush strokes for different parts of my peace and layed colors to create the correct shadow casts. 6. I would have not tried to put so much pigment on the green area at once. I would have layered it. 7. It is not very easy to manipulate. But when dousing it with water and adding salt it can pick up pigment quickly. But when adding too much pigment there is no going back to what you had before.
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I sketched an avocado then used its base colors black, yellow, green,brown, and white too fill in the overall picture then I went and took colors that you would consider invisible to the eye to create the right tints and shades. I stared with light layers and built up the pigment and texture as I transferd more color to the paper.
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I took 3 base water colors (red, blue, and yellow) and diluted them to white and then I went back to the 3 based water colors and added pigment to them to make it black. Then I drew 3 shapes and made a shadow cast under each one. |
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