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Author: Arnold_Lowrey, Contributing Editor
| Glazing or Mingling?
Glazing The traditional watercolour techniques, which are so often taught, create a series of glazes, (wet on dry), allowing each one to dry before the next is applied. Each new glaze stacks on top of the next, making the thickness of the overall paint greater. This method can produce some effective results. However, the down side is that every time you paint on a new glaze of colour you reduce the luminosity of the painting, as light, which creates the luminosity, has to travel through these layers and reflect back off the paper. |
| Notice that the shadow glaze has been painted over the windows. This unifies it. If the windows had been painted in afterwards they would have a “stuck on” effect. |  |
| Mingling
Mingling is achieved by using the dry into wet or half loaded brush technique shown to the right. Painting into wet areas allows the pigment to settle on one level instead of stacking one on top of the other. Luminosity is retained. |  |
| Another mingling example:
Keep the paper wet and pump in new colors with a half loaded brush. |  |
| Wet on dry – the windows have sharp or rough edges |  |
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