Part 3 of Negative Painting in Watercolor

[sandsollom65]

Wonderful videos Elizabeth. I had nearly given up trying this method but your videos have given me hope! Please tell me, are you drying the paper in between adding new layers? If not, you would surely get backruns? Also, could I do this with watered down acrylic paint?

[ElizabethFluehr]

@sandsollom65

Yes, the paper needs to be dry between steps. As far as using watered down acrylic paint goes, only your own experimentation can prove whether you get results you like that way or not. You might try acrylic inks or airbrush acrylics since they are naturally more fluid.

[Supiripanto]

Very good tutorials!!! You should keep on uploading this wonderful videos! They really taught me! Thanks!

[aGEEBix]

This has really inspired me. I thought I had burnt out all my ideas with watercolor but not anymore! Thanks!

[kaylu12]

This is the first time I really understood negative painting. I appreciate your video very much!

[spongebobnik]

Wow, this is not easy to do but each time that you do another painting, you learn. This is a really great exercise for novice watercolor painters to learn about pigment strength and what water does. We are really not always aware of how much water has been soaked up by the paper and then how much more we can safely add. Thanks also for the tips along the way.

[jasneskis]

This is a wonderful demo of negative painting. I appreciate your knowledge and willingness to share, thus encouraging others.

[MrHroark]

Nicely done Elizabeth...and I must admit too, that negative painting in watercolor is something I struggled with as well...near to the point of forgetting the medium. I would very much like to see how you put this all together in a landscape.

Thank YOU again.

God bless

[ElizabethFluehr]

@MrHroark

To see a negative painting of a landscape, go to my website at artzone.webs.com. Then go to the Art Gallery page and look for a painting called "Hideaway" in the Negative Painting section. --Elizabeth

[MrHroark]

@ElizabethFluehr

Thank you.

Hideaway is exquisite...I hope you will demonstrate one like it sometimes.

God bless

[1995Benzo]

Great videos. This was always confusing to me. Thanks so much!

[HDPLAYER2]

first time I have really understood the process- Thanks

[kpxaznxgrl]

i learned SO MUCH from these tutorials! thank you!

[jeanwithkids]

Thanks for the humor along with the lesson!