Hagia Sofia Watercolor Tutorial: Painting with Controlled Blossoms
Water blossoms—or cauliflower effects, depending on whether you are feeling poetic or mildly irritated—can either ruin a painting or completely transform it. The difference is usually intention. When painting this atmospheric watercolor of the Hagia Sofia in Istanbul, the goal was not to avoid blossoms but to control them. Instead of fighting watercolor’s tendency to…