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[ChristopherSea]

Thank you so much Ray! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this protocol to a computer illiterate. If I am successful, I will post a new watercolor below./Chris



It worked and it is huge!

Wow! Composition, line, contrast, color, that bit of magic
abstraction hiding in the shadows; and oh, yeah, beautiful
flowers. I'm twice envious. First the beauty, and second
the execution. I love watercolors, but they are so damn
hard (for me). I have to cheat. I use such vast quantities
of opaque white to cover my mistakes that they end up
looking more like flat oil paintings than luminous watercolors.
Thank the gods for Photoshop!

Any others on the web? Would love to see them.

Thanks, sounds like a description of your free verse! I found the key to working with watercolors is too accept certain mishaps as happy accidents. Therefore, you have to be ready for a self-evolving composition. Also, I don't paint el fresco or speed paint or work too much wet-on-wet. It's all about layers to create texture, depth and detail in color. Allow drying time between washes.

I have other works on FaceBook: Christopher Sea, photos, albums, My Watercolors. Perhaps I'll make a tinypic.com account to store them. Cheers/Chris