As a present for my mum, I've attempted a watercolour painting for the first time! I was a little nervous about working in watercolours, as they're less forgiving than acrylics - if you make a mistake with acrylics, you can just paint over it - but I'm reasonably happy with how it turned out.
There are things I'd change if I could - I wasn't planning on the greens in the background being more vibrant than the greens in the foreground; it'd probably make more sense the other way around - but watercolours are less intimidating than I feared!
I used this video as a guide, although I simplified the piece a little because I didn't want to bite off more than I could chew for my first attempt. The effect of sprinkling salt on wet watercolours looks pretty cool! But I feel I should probably get to grips with regular watercolours before I start throwing salt at my paintings.
I think the most important thing I've learnt from this painting is 'when painting with watercolours, you won't be able to create an even colour over large areas, so you might as well embrace patchiness'.
There are things I'd change if I could - I wasn't planning on the greens in the background being more vibrant than the greens in the foreground; it'd probably make more sense the other way around - but watercolours are less intimidating than I feared!
I used this video as a guide, although I simplified the piece a little because I didn't want to bite off more than I could chew for my first attempt. The effect of sprinkling salt on wet watercolours looks pretty cool! But I feel I should probably get to grips with regular watercolours before I start throwing salt at my paintings.
I think the most important thing I've learnt from this painting is 'when painting with watercolours, you won't be able to create an even colour over large areas, so you might as well embrace patchiness'.
