How do you create contrast in your painting WITHOUT VALUE? Sometimes, you may be painting a subject matter that doesn't have a lot of value contrast. Instead, I explore ways to create visual interest in your painting with hue, saturation, and color temperature variation.
This 4"x4" plein air painting was done at Zion National Park on the Riverside Walk Hike.
I am painting on Crescent cold press illustration Board. I am using a 1" brush and size 12 round brush. All paints are Winsor and Newton Designer Gouache.
Here are the supplies I am using and recommend:
Paints:
Winsor and Newton Designer Gouache
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Holbein Artists Designer Gouache
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Papers and surfaces:
2"x3" Wooden Canvas Cutouts:
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Crescent No. 300 Coldpress Illustration Board (16 ply, 1.4 mm thick); I buy 20”x30” boards and cut them into my own sizes.
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Fluid Cold press Watercolor Paper 140 lb; I use all sizes from 4"x6", to 9"x12”. I use this brand most often. www.dickblick....
Cottonwood Arts Coldpress Notebooks:
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Arches Coldpress Watercolor Paper 140 lb
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Palettes ( I use both, but I prefer the Sta Wet Masterson Palette):
Sta Wet Masterson Palette (8.5”x7”)
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Sta Wet Masterson Palette (12”x16”)
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Martin Universal Design Watercolor Palette, Blue Case
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Brushes ( I only use a 1” flat brush and 1 round brush all the time!)
Watercolor Brush Series 666 One Stroke 1"
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Watercolor Brush Series 111 Round #12
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Pochade Boxes; I have all 4 of these and I use them interchangeably!
Leon Holmes’ Handmade Lightweight Pochade Box
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Tad Retz’s Pochade Box
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Alla Prima 8"x10" Blackfoot Pochade Box
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8x"10" Strada Mini
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