is usually used for flowing washes, and can be removed almost completely when dry. unsized paper without any sizing or filler added. Note: most watercolor is sized. value one element... varies in color or value from light to dark, or dark to light. glaze the application of a wash over a dry underpainting. tint a light value of a hue, made by adding water...

an email with SUBSCRIBE in the subject to watercolorsbyfortunato@bizland.com. I value and welcome your input. Send me topic suggestions, questions, comments, whatever is on your mind... ...his priorities were drawing, value, color and passion. He said, ...he liked to use three or four colors to achieve one. As in music, you could develop a chord. Instead of a one.... He starts every painting with the strong dark areas first, and that this method preserves more of the sparkle of the white paper and requires fewer middle values. Next comes the sky...