This entry was originally posted on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Dragon Alley
Poured Watercolor
21×29″
Today’s Sunday Secrets comes from a class that I am currently teaching.
It is about my poured watercolors.
The question is, “How do you know where to pour?”
That is a good question.
There are a few things that I take into consideration when I start a pour.
Among them are:
Where is the light coming from?
What color palette do I want to use?
Do I want to try to match the colors to the ones in the photograph or use a different color chord?
Then I will also take into account that our eye is drawn to warm colors in a painting and the cool colors will recede.
I usually start with my warm colors and pour them in the direction that the light is falling across where I want my focal point to be.
I will pour my cooler colors around most or some of the edges of the painting.
This gives it a vignette look that helps draw the eye to the focal point.
Since I usually only use 3 colors, I try to pour them in the direction that will help them mix into the colors that I want and am happy with.
