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1.Watercolor paint is transparent.
2.Reserve all white areas (light highlights),leave paper unpainted PRE PLAN 3. Always paint light colors (values)to dark colors. |
Whats the 1,2,3 of water colors?
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Whats the two ways that watercolors
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Cake and Tube
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Describe cake form
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Dry-semimoist
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What are the pluses of cake paint?
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Lends itself to a large surface area.
Less expensive |
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What are the Drawbacks of cake paint?
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Colors inconsistent (between sets).
Will waste more paint. |
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Discribe TUBE paint.
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Dry-semi-moist.
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What are the PLUSES of TUBE paint ?
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You have more control when mixing.
Colors are very consistent. Use less paint. Color pigment usualluy is more pure. |
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What are the MINUSES of TUBE paint?
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Smaller surface area.
Cost,single tube $12.00. |
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What are the two types of watercolor
paper? |
Hot Press
Cold Press |
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What are the Pluses of Hot Press?
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Smoother textures
wrinkles less |
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What are the Minuses of Hot Press?
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More expensive
less durable |
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What are the Pluses of Cold Press?
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More texture (range)
More durable |
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What are the Minuses of Cold Press?
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Wrinkles more
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How is Cold Press paper sized?
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Put wet paper on top of dry paper and put a dry piece of paper on top.Put weight on it. It takes three days.
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What is the size of the paper?
How many sheets of paper in a Ream? |
The size is 22x40.
500 sheets in a Ream. |
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Lightest weight?
Heaviest weight? |
80#
3oo# (heavy) |
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Cost?
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about $1.50 a sheet for common paper.
Thicker the paper the higher the cost. |
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What are the five watercolor techniques?
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Even Wash
Graded Wash Streaked Wash Wet on Wet Dry Brushing |
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Evan Wash
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Value of color is consistant.
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Graded Wash
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Transision of color value-Dark-Light
Use tip & body of brush for first strokes then gradually use back end of brush by stick. |
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Streaked Wash
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Streaks of color- value goes Dark-light.
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Wet on Wet
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Soft edges
Any stroke Shape Dot of color |
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Dry Brushing
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Visual texture
Directional lines finish detail. Fan brush out & paint accross first layer of color. |
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How is a Soft Edge determened?
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A Soft Edge is determened by how you stroke the paint or (use the brush)
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