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Wet on Wet

Tips !

Damp the brush everythime picking up a new colour

Use a mix of different colours to make a blend.

Do not lay down paint too thick as it will hinder your drying process

Use white paint for highlights.

Materials

Brush :rectangle brush , Large, medium and small brush
Pentel watercolour : Yellow ochre, cadmium yellow, vermillon, dark brown,
lightbrown , white, red ,pale yellow
pencil colours .
a jar of water

Colour Palette

This purplish red mushroom is Gymnopus fusipes (formerly often called Collybia fu-
sipes) or in english spindleshank is a parasitic species of gilled mushroom which is quite
common in Europe and often grows in large clumps. Wet on wet is a wet brush and a
wet surface paper.
This technique is quite tricky to do as we can not predict the way the watercolour
moves and the saturation of it . You have to work quick before the surface dries to
create a seamless blend .Despite being a tough technique it is highly enjoyable and
leaves a very nice outcome once you get the hang of it .Time taken 2 hours.

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