C B A Using Watercolour… Materials to use: Watercolour, Paper Towel, Oil Pastel CREATE AN EXPERIMENT FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: FLAT WASH GRADED WASH WET ON WET LIFTING WET WATERCOLOUR LIFTING DRY WATERCOLOUR WAX RESIST ALL students will use a range of different watercolour techniques to practise using the material… …MOST students will use a range of watercolour techniques effectively… …SOME students will use a range of watercolour techniques with high level of accuracy and creative flare. C B A

Flat Wash Draw a square or rectangle on your paper, or visualize the boundaries of such as you go. (wing it) Select a darker hue for your wash (it’s easier to see) and mix using a liberal amount. Charge your brush with paint, and starting in the upper left corner touch your brush to the paper and gently pull a straight line of paint to the upper right corner. NOTE: If left handed work right to left! Return to your palette and refill your brush. Start the next stroke at the bottom of the first stroke, being sure to overlap the bead of paint now formed at the bottom of the first stroke. TIP 1: If the flood of the first stroke doesn’t fully flow into the new stroke, increase the angle of your board to aid the flow of the wash. Repeat steps making stroke after stroke to the bottom. Try to keep an even tone as you go. Rinse your brush out in clean water and blot or squeeze out the excess the water. Carefully pick up the bead of paint that runs across the bottom of the wash using the wick action of your brush. If you draw up too much paint you will lift the colour off the paper. Let the wash dry. If you’ve ended up with an even-toned square of colour, congratulations! If not, try it again. I did. And do.

Graded Wash Here’s a simple way to practice (and master) this watercolour technique. Draw a square or rectangle on your paper. Select a darker hue for your wash (it’s easier to see). In a clean part of your palette mix another puddle at about half the intensity of the original mixture. Charge your brush with paint from the darker mix, and starting in the upper left corner touch your brush to the paper and gently pull a straight line of paint to the upper right corner. Dab your brush on a paper towel and refill your brush with the lighter mixture. Start your second stroke overlapping the bottom of the previous stroke. Notice that the left side of the stroke has already flowed together with the top stroke. Let gravity do it’s work. Rinse your brush and blot it on a towel, refill from the lighter mixture. Make your next overlapping stroke. Rinse clean and dip your wet brush into the lighter mixture, further lightening the wash. Lay your next overlapping stroke. TIP 1: If your stroke doesn’t flow evenly or breaks up, charge your brush and repeat the stroke IMMEDIATELY. Ask the paint settles and flows, minor imperfections in tone will usually smooth themselves out before they dry.

Wet on Wet Wet on Wet requires you to wet the piece of paper you are working on first, make sure it is saturated on all the areas you wish to apply pain to. You can then start to apply your paint to create a scene or pattern of your choice.

Lifting Wet Watercolour

Lifting Dry Watercolour This watercolour technique is not as difficult as you may imagine! Any of your regular watercolour brushes can be used to lift dry watercolour paint. Use clear water with a gentle scrubbing motion, blotting carefully with a drier brush or tissue as you go.

Wax Resist

Develop Present a page of water colour techniques, as always think about your presentation. Once you have completed all the samples try using one particular style to create a small painting. You can work on separate pieces of paper and add into your book or work directly into your book. Don’t forget to annotate as you go along explaining what you have done.