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Watercolor artists love using terms like granulation, blooms, backruns, and color separation like we’re discussing advanced nuclear physics instead of throwing colored water onto paper and hoping for the best. But these effects are actually very different things — even though many artists confuse them constantly online. And yes… every time someone calls a blossom…
Explore inventive techniques and new applications for traditional watercolor paint. Break the rules of watercolor with non-traditional methods of painting: magnetic paint painting, texturing with spattering paint, dark to light, wet-into-wet bokeh (shallow depth of field), palette knife painting, and more. The workshop will be a learning experience with demonstrations, one-on-one consultations, and constructive critiques. …
