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OK-KUN t1_iujo8r7 wrote

How did you do the sunlight? Did you just use white or is there more to it?

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artisnotsubjective t1_iujrj6y wrote

Ideally and usually there is no white paint in watercoloring. The point is in order to convey a sense of absolute brightness one has to use the paper itself. I'm sure there are super bright white©® paints available today, but what makes watercoloring unique is the very light and bright values one can achieve because of water's unique transparency , which opaque, dense paints can only achieve "artificially".

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OK-KUN t1_iujrq3i wrote

So how did you do it?

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a-m-watercolor t1_iujsxsk wrote

I'm not OP, but typically you use negative painting. Paint around the highlights to preserve them, then you can adjust the hotness of them later.

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artisnotsubjective t1_iujz3md wrote

yeah basically reverse. paint starting with brightest, leave darkest to last.

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OK-KUN t1_iujt68y wrote

I was dozing off so i didn't realise he wasn't op,and tysvm for telling me

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ntrrrmilf t1_iujxpgy wrote

Not OP but someone who uses watercolors:

If you expand the image, you’ll see that there are areas left unpainted or with less paint than other areas. That gives shading.

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TheStephenKingest t1_iuk7h3t wrote

Extraordinary. The representation of light is wonderful. I love this.

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