Wet on Dry Technique Tutorial - Exercises (Patreon)

Hi everyone,

Following on from the wet on wet technique tutorial I posted last month, in this tutorial I demonstrate a few different exercises that you can practice to master the wet on dry technique.

The wet on dry technique is another fundamental method of painting in watercolour that you need to learn. Wet on dry means painting with wet paint on a dry surface.

In this tutorial I talk about how wet my brush is when I load it with paint. I also demonstrate how I load my brush. These are things I do intuitively and I realise that they still need to be learned by those who are just starting their painting journey.

Again, I encourage you to experiment. Try different paint to water ratios, try different size brushes. I use only round brushes in this tutorial but get out your flat brushes and paint with those too. Don't be timid and don't hold yourself back.

Practice on the back of paintings that didn't work out - tape them to a board to help to keep them flat while you paint.

I have also written a blog post about painting wet on dry. Have a read of it as well.

Below you can download a photo of my practice sheet that I used when I made this tutorial.

I hope it is helpful to you.

Louise

PS: Later this month I will post a new tutorial on painting seashells.

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