I'm finally posting the finishing touches on the sketch I did here and wrote a bit about seeing the tall ships in Anacortes.
With watercolor, showing negative space (the space between and behind things) requires intricate painting, wet over dry. If you don't wait long enough, all your new colors bleed into adjoining spaces and spoil the effect. It tries your patience, especially near humid locations like the ocean and harbors.
I challenged myself not to use any "tricks" or aids like masking fluid, wax resist, chalk, gouache, etc. to reserve the whites. This is pure transparent watercolor with graphite sketch drawing. For both of these sketches, I further challenged myself to the use of two brushes and my Tiny Altoids Travel Palette with only 6 colors. The rewards are great, however, when you can see counterchange and alternation in your finished watercolor work.
For the Sketchbook Project 2015
watercolor and graphite on Fabriano Artistico 140#CP
Three page 7"x15" accordion fold-out, each section 5x7"
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