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EXPERIMENTING WITH WATER MEDIA
List created by Linda Fields
Divide your sheet of paper into
12 equal blocks (if using one sheet) with a light pencil
line. Do one experiment in each block. (This will
require 2 half-sheets or one full sheet of watercolor
paper.)
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Use a watercolor wash to lay down some areas of
color. While it is still wet, go into the wash with
a watercolor or Aquasketch pencil.
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Draw with charcoal. Using clean water and a
brush, go into the charcoal and blend to make value
changes.
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Use a regular pencil or graphite stick to add
lines to a watercolor wash you have already laid
down.
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Use bright colors of crayons and/or oil
pastels. Overlap some colors. Paint over and into
your drawing with watercolor wash. Use something
pointed and scrape back into the waxy surface for
another effect.
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Use Prismacolor and transparent and opaque
paint. The pencil can add detail and texture. The
opaque paint will give heavier coverage and darker
values.
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Wet the block with clean water. Use acrylic
matte medium that has been diluted to a 50:50
solution. Paint the block with the solution. Begin
layering pieces of tissue paper, rice paper, etc.
Mix some watercolor paint and add a bit of metallic
pigment. Paint over the layers of paper. Later, you
can add oil pastel, Prismacolor, etc. for lines and
shape definition.
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Wet the block. Incise your paper with a sharp
tool. Add a watercolor wash.
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Lay on a layered wash. While still wet, crumple
a piece of plastic wrap and lay it on the wash. Do
NOT disturb until dry.
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Lay on a layered wash of deep colors. Sprinkle
salt onto the wash. Do NOT disturb until dry. Tip
from Bernie: Salt - add layers of salt over
small areas gradually add drops of watercolor to
help dissolve the salt, which was just put down. Add
more salt (more in the middle and less along the
edges). Add more drops of water. Continue until
there is a small mountain of salt. When dry this 3d
image will remain in place (as long as its not too
high)
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Lay on a layered wash of deep colors. Sprinkle
rocks or pebbles onto it. Do NOT disturb until dry.
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Lay on a layered wash of deep colors. Use a
straw to drop a few drops of alcohol into it.
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Paint some deep colors. Use the edge of a
credit card or hard plastic to scrape and push the
paint away.
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Tip from Bernie:
Toothbrush - this is a fun one. Dip the brush into
various colors and 'spritz' the bristles onto the
page. Good with a 'mask' to create rock shapes, too.
Try with stencils – great for textural effects.
Submitted
by: Linda Fields
This is how Linda uses this file:
This
is an "exploration" lesson I do with
watercolor techniques. I have the
students choose an idea or theme, and then execute it
using the twelve ways
given. It becomes a bit quilt-like and gives the kids an
opportunity to see
how various techniques can affect the same subject.
Later I assign them a
landscape using at least 5 of the techniques. We also do
some mixed media
work with colored pencils and some tissue paper,
watercolor collage.
Examples
from Madison Middle School
See more examples by Larry Prescott's students.
This
project was done in conjunction with a teacher directed landscape
painting. While students waited for layers to
dry in the landscape painting, they were encouraged to
experiment with the medium of watercolor. Students
were given a 11 by 15 inch sheet of watercolor paper and
instructed to tape off 8 areas for small paintings.
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