struggling getting the reds right. feels like I can’t saturate enough..
04 December 2020
Teri, sometimes I’ll add a layer of saturated red watercolor on top when I feel like my reds aren’t bright enough. Try this out on a scrap piece of paper and see if it might work for this situation. Don’t lose those nice highlights in the red, though!! 🙂
Try leaving the highlights without water-colour. Go around them, and then dry brush the edges, or smoosh the edges around the highlights if it needs some blending. I think you can go darker on the shaded sides of your stems too – so that the highlighted areas of the greens pop out more too. You can always lift some highlights out too with your eraser to increase your contrast between your lights and darks.
struggling getting the reds right. feels like I can’t saturate enough..
Teri, sometimes I’ll add a layer of saturated red watercolor on top when I feel like my reds aren’t bright enough. Try this out on a scrap piece of paper and see if it might work for this situation. Don’t lose those nice highlights in the red, though!! 🙂
ok, thanks! I was afraid to do that, but I can do really light washes and layer so I don’t lose the highlights?
Try leaving the highlights without water-colour. Go around them, and then dry brush the edges, or smoosh the edges around the highlights if it needs some blending. I think you can go darker on the shaded sides of your stems too – so that the highlighted areas of the greens pop out more too. You can always lift some highlights out too with your eraser to increase your contrast between your lights and darks.
good ideas, Sam. thank you! will attempt…