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The Milky Way (watercolor) + step by step process

veta-lessPosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago2 min read

Hello, friends!

Today I have a new watercolor, with a new technique for me - wet-on-wet, or alla prima. This technique is fast. Also I used for effects - spray with water, alcohol, salt, and white gouache.

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I didn't attach any paper to the board this time. I put the paper in the basin with water and wet it well. A sheet of paper absorbed a lot of water. Then I put a wet sheet on a wet napkin. The sheet of paper was wet longer than usual.

I didn't do the pencil sketch. I started applying paint to the wet sheet right away. I mixed different shades of blue to get a dark night sky. I also added some yellow and green to the horizon line. I left white space for the Milky way. At the first stage it looks like a child's painting.

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I painted the sky in blue shades and my drawing is ready to start applying different effects. It's really very interesting!

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My goal is to create a starry sky with galaxies, distant and near stars.

I sprayed water from the spray on my drawing. Drops of water created a pattern in the form of stars on paper. Also I took a little alcohol (it can be vodka) and a thin brush began to put points on the area of the milky Way. It's amazing! Alcohol spreads the paint very much. The effect of pure white spots.

I also took salt and poured it on my painting.

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I dried the drawing and started painting the forest. I wet the paper and painted over the bottom of my painting. And then I started painting some firs.

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I dried my painting. There were not enough stars in the sky. Usually in such night all the sky is strewn with luminous spots. I took the white gouache and did a lot of fine spray at a painting on the sky. It seems to me that after that my sky began to look more realistic.

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My painting's ready!

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Сheers

Veta


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