Light-to-dark Watercolor Rule? by tenebris-miles, journal
Light-to-dark Watercolor Rule?
Watercolor is fun and can make beautiful results. It's a transparent (or translucent) medium, and so most books and common knowledge about watercolor says that you must work from light to dark. Light colors won't show up very well over dark colors due to the transparency, and so that is the stated reason. But it seems that this advice comes mostly from books and articles about watercolor that focus on the traditional workflow of purist watercolor. But like most people, I've come to learn that it's best to ignore the rules and find out for yourself. There's actually a few reasons why you may choose to ignore this rule and work in either direct
I am pleased and honored to be featured in MistRaven's "Weekly Feature #83"
You can see the feature here:
http://mistraven.deviantart.com/journal/36958845/
A special thanks to MistRaven for her support and kind words.
Here is a list of awards for my submissions on DeviantART:
Honorable mention in the 2008 Self-Portrait Competition;
Desire,Charcoal, 18x24"
http://news.deviantart.com/article/60827/
Your art is amazing! The amount of detail is amazing and I love the precise, fine shading in your drawings! You do amazing caricatures as well as realistic studies.
Thank you for watching! I hope we have some stock you may find useful someday.