Picky painter
04Breakfast800
In this extreme close-up I'm carefully painting in blocks of colour to match the reflections on that side. At this stage things look messy and disconnected, but I will go in later with my scrub brush to blend things together and lift out critical areas. I tend to avoid the use of liquid masking if I can, and let the white paper show through or lift out specific highlights with a knife. In a sense you have to have faith that what you're doing will turn out in the end. You can't rush this kind of realistic watercolour so just be patient as things unfold.
04Breakfast800
In this extreme close-up I'm carefully painting in blocks of colour to match the reflections on that side. At this stage things look messy and disconnected, but I will go in later with my scrub brush to blend things together and lift out critical areas. I tend to avoid the use of liquid masking if I can, and let the white paper show through or lift out specific highlights with a knife. In a sense you have to have faith that what you're doing will turn out in the end. You can't rush this kind of realistic watercolour so just be patient as things unfold.