The third sessions of the Trihue Watercolor class for Winter 2018 were held on Wednesday, January 31, and Sunday, February 18. The stripes homework was critiqued, with an emphasis on recognizing halation and vanishing boundaries, and knowing how to create them at will in a watercolor by understanding the necessary relationships. Cropping was used to focus on areas which exhibited harmonious relationships. Dick demonstrated halation with several arrays of Color-Aid paper. The new assignment has to do with discovering watercolor techniques, including various types of edges and gradations. This week, we have over an hour of demos captured on video.
Week 3 homework assignment
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Demo photos
Videos – Class demos
Some watercolor techniques (9:11)
Hard edges, soft edges, figure and ground (15:20)
Gradation, reverse gradation, halation (14:34)
Lifting, failure, trial & error, play (13:31)
Radial gradation (3:14)
Keep it fresh (3:50)
Edges – hard, soft; experiment to learn options & gain control (6:17)
Greeks – figure/ground. Gradations: linear & radial (11:42)
Radial gradation & other techniques: salt, backrun, scoring, lifting (4:10)
Wednesday class photos
Sample stripes homework
Sunday class photos
Homework discussion
Sample stripes homework
Cropping
Halation demo
Mahalo to Valérie Richter for Wednesday photos and videos, and to Holly Duane for Sunday photos and videos.
