{"id":964,"date":"2019-04-11T09:25:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T08:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=964"},"modified":"2019-04-11T09:25:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T08:25:24","slug":"added-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=964","title":{"rendered":"Added Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the final week of the term in which my class have been re-visiting watercolour basics –\u00a0 it’s always good to revise, especially when, like me, you’re dissatisfied\u00a0 with current efforts.\u00a0 So we were examining what wax resist, different sizes of salt granules, using a natural sponge, scratching with a craft knife, and using the other end of the brush, can do for a painting. In the past, I have resisted such assistance, as I have resisted mixed media, being an delusional purist (if you can’t do it with a brush, you need to improve your brushwork!).\u00a0 But that’s very silly, since tightens the work, and gives a totally false sense of superiority, and cuts down the fun.<\/p>\n

I chose a collection of pebbles as the practise piece, as they have interesting textures, and colours.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>You can see the wax resist – it’s just a candle – on the tops of the stones, giving a speckled effect.\u00a0 What is less clear in the sponge work on the left pebble.\u00a0 It was also a chance to practise wet-in-wet to make the pebbles seem rounded.\u00a0 Quite a low key end to the term, but I think we all gained from a look at basic skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the final week of the term in which my class have been re-visiting watercolour basics –\u00a0 it’s always good to revise, especially when, like me, you’re dissatisfied\u00a0 with current efforts.\u00a0 So we were examining what wax resist, different sizes of salt granules, using a natural sponge, scratching with a craft knife, and using … Continue reading “Added Effects”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":966,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions\/966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}