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Painting a Boat Scene, My Way!: L3

Author: Rod Webb, Contributing Editor

Some detail is also painted to far right shoreline, keeping it simple and distant. Use a diluted mix of paint.

Mix ultramarine blue and payne's grey.
Using horizontal brush strokes, paint the water in, leaving some of the paper showing through.

Use blotting paper to lift some of the wet paint, creating lighter vertical bands.

The narrow strip at shoreline will be painted later.

Use cobalt blue across the foreground in close diagonal bands of color.
Fold a piece of blotting paper in half to give a thicker edge.

While the paint is still wet, blotting paper is used to lift some of the paint.

While held on edge, the angle of blotter is varied to produce a variety of ripples.

The edge of the blotter paper should be changed frequently, as paint is absorbed.
To the left, you can see the results obtained after applying blotting paper to the wet wash.

The paint has to be blotted immediately after laying the wash, in order to get the maximum effect.

Progress: sky and background finished.
Boat and white reflections still masked with fluid.

First washes on water completed.

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	Some detail is also painted to far right shoreline, keeping it simple and distant. Use a diluted mix of paint.
	Mix ultramarine blue and payne's grey. Using horizontal brush strokes, paint the water in, leaving some of the paper showing through. Use blotting paper to lift some of the wet paint, creating lighter vertical bands. The narrow strip at shoreline will be painted later.
	Use cobalt blue across the foreground in close diagonal bands of color. Fold a piece of blotting paper in half to give a thicker edge. While the paint is still wet, blotting paper is used to lift some of the paint. While held on edge, the angle of blotter is varied to produce a variety of ripples.
	The edge of the blotter paper should be changed frequently, as paint is absorbed. To the left, you can see the results obtained after applying blotting paper to the wet wash. The paint has to be blotted immediately after laying the wash, in order to get the maximum effect.
	Progress: sky and background finished. Boat and white reflections still masked with fluid. First washes on water completed.