Sketchbook pages

1. Solid colour

Apply a generous amount of solid watercolor paint, keeping the surface wet.

Use for: Creating solid backgrounds

2. Layers

Begin with a light, watered-down paint. Allow it to dry completely. The first layer is always lighter, in the background, far away.

Apply the second layer darker, adding depth and perspective. Let it dry fully.

Add a third layer.

Use for: Mountains and enhancing landscape perspective.

3. Spots on colour

Create a shape with watered-down paint. Let it dry.

With a different color, add spots (small, concentrated areas of paint). Depending on the amount of water and drying time, these spots will create a smooth overlapping effect.

Use for: Mimicking animal skins

4. Wet color spots

Create a shape with very wet watered-down paint, with sharp details.

With a different color, add spots, and let it freely blend. Watch the paints blend and create a feathery effect. The first layer will define the space where the second paint can go.

Be mindful of water quantity, as it can crumble the paper.

Use for: Silhouettes.

5. Soft blend of two solid colors

Apply two different watercolor paints, each one starting on the opposite side. Let them touch.

Blend with an empty dry brush (no water, no paint).

Use for: Foggy or smooth sky transition effects.

6. Wiping away

Apply very wet watercolor paint.

Use dry paper tissue to soak areas, revealing the paper underneath and creating create fantastic random shapes.

Use for: Clouds.

7. Texture

Apply very wet watercolor paint and allow it to partially dry. Soak areas with newspaper to create a sharp crack effect.

Use for: Clothes and movement.

8. Spots with brush

Cut a piece of paper to mask the area that will not receive paint.

Splash paint with a brush. Use your finger horizontally to tap your brush.

Use for: Creating textured spotted backgrounds.

9. Dry paint brush

Use paint on a dry brush. Do not use too much water, use solid paint.

Dry the brush slightly on a separate napkin, then open the brush fibers before applying.

Use for: Grass and fur

10. Wet paper

Wet the paper with clear water. Let it dry, but not 100%. (It will take some time to dry.)

With a different color add spots to create blurry non detailed shapes. Do not use too much water with the new color. It will blend very smoothly.

Use for: Background elements like distant trees.

11. Water on paint

Watercolor solid wet paint (prefer a dark shade). Wait a few seconds… when the paint is still wet, drop clean water drops.

Tip: For a more dramatic effect, add grains of salt to the water drops that will absorb and distort the cleared-up areas.

For: Underwater effect.

12. Wet colours meet

Two different very wet watercolor paints, each one starting on the opposite side.

Allow them to blend naturally.

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Enjoy the unpredictable and be surprised by the effects. This exercise is a learning opportunity

Here’s the story:

1/31 - Fish

2/31 - Wisp

A smoking light won't guide you.

Will-o'-the-wisp, a ghost light seen by travellers at night that draws them from the safe paths as it goes back when approached.

3/31 - Bulky

Traveller's bulky bag pack.

He stared at the fish in the pond. Started to walk with his feet on the water, following a wisp ghost light into the night.

4/31 - Radio

Our traveller got lost in the long dark night. S.O.S. sounds on the radio. He signals. It's getting cold with his feet in the water.

5/31 - Blade

Something tickled his feet. What was that?! Our traveller quickly takes out a blade out of his pocket to defend himself from that feeling he cannot see. It was so fast!

As a real camper, he only carries an Opinel.

6/31 - Rodent

Our traveller got a glimpse of his surroundings. No need for harm, it is a friendly beaver! A large rodent that likes to hang out around fresh waters. Maybe it's time to get out of the pond and find some dry shelter. Relief.

7&8/31 - Fancy and Teeth

Heating a can of ravioli on the portable gas stove. Not his favorite... he can only dream back to the time when he took her to that fancy chef restaurant to eat a fresh lobster. Huum, so delicate... *crunch* he felt an odd hard chunk in his mouth. "How is that possible?!" He said. Our traveler pulled out on his hand a piece of his teeth. "Oh well, maybe a tooth fairy will come to bright up my trip tomorrow."

9/31 -

Yesterday's dinner was so sad. "I am in the middle of nature, surrounded by trees, breathing the purest of air", his mind wonders. Our traveller rapidly throws his fishing pole at the pond, hoping for a fresh catch lunch. He saw fish in there 8 days ago!

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