1. Watercolor Painting Techniques

2. ADDING VALUE Opacity of color depends on how much water is used.

3. SALT Sprinkled into a wet wash (still shiny). Sprinkled into a damp wash (salt texture is not as large) Sprinkled into an almost dry wash (salt texture is very fine).

4. PLASTIC Folded and pressed into wet paint. Crumpled and pressed into wet paint.

5. BLOTTING & LIFTING Paper towel and Kleenex used to lift color and create texture while paint is still wet.

6. WAX PAPER Wax paper, laid on wet paint and allowed to dry, then lifted off.

7. WAX (CRAYON)

8. ALCOHOL Dropped in to a damp wash of color.

9. WATERCOLOR PENCILS Water can be added before or after drawing with pencils.

10. Acrylic Painting Techniques

11. BRUSHSTROKES Some different brushes Pressure and wetness of brush

12. DIFFERENT VALUES Thick versus watered down paint application

13. DRY BRUSH

14. PALETTE KNIVES

16. POURING PAINT

17. DILUTING AND SPRAYING/DRIPPING