Page 441 - (DK) The Ultimate Visual Dictionary 2nd Ed.

WATERCOLOR

EXAMPLE OF A WATERCOLOR
Burning of the Houses of Parliament, Turner, 1834
Watercolor on paper, 11½ × 17½ in (29.2 × 44.5 cm)
Transparent
washes laid
on top of Transparent
each other washes allow
to create light to reflect
tonal depth off the surface
of the paper
to give a
luminous
effect

Highlight
scratched Paper shows
out with
through thin
a scalpel
wash to
give flames
added
highlight
Crowd
painted with
thin strokes
laid over a
pale wash

Undiluted paint applied, then partly
washed out, to create the impression of water EXAMPLES OF
WATERCOLOR PAPERS

EXAMPLES OF WASHES SMOOTH-
TEXTURED
PAPER

MEDIUM-
TEXTURED
PAPER
WASH OVER DRY BRUSH GRADED WASH DRY BRUSH
Wash laid over paint Strong wash applied Undiluted paint dragged
applied with dry brush to tilted paper gives across surface of paper
gives two-tone effect graded effect gives broken effect
ROUGH-
TEXTURED
COLOR WHEEL OF WATERCOLOR PAINTS PAPER
Yellow (primary color)
Secondary colours
made by mixing
yellow and blue
WET-IN-WET Secondary colors
Two diluted washes made by mixing
left to run together red and yellow
to give fused effect Blue (primary color)

Red (primary color) Secondary colors made by
mixing blue and red