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Wet-into-Wet

Water Color

With Crisp

Edges

BY CHER THREINEN-PENDARVIS

For Hibiscus , a digital water color painted in Painter 7, I used water color

wet-into-wet techniques and then added a few crisp edges. Wet-into-wet is a

traditional technique that can be simulated using Painter 7Õs new water

color technology. Wet-into-wet involves keeping the paper wet as new color

is applied, so new colors blend with existing moist paint. To complete the study,

crisp edges and linear details were added to bring a few areas into focus.

1 Setting up.

Setting up Brush Tracking

For the best performance, Macintosh users may need to increase the RAM

that is allotted to Painter when working with Water Color. Before you begin

to sketch and paint, itÕs important to set up the Brush Tracking because you

can customize how Painter interprets the input of your stylus, including pa-

rameters such as pressure and how quickly you make a brush stroke. Choose

Edit> Preferences> Brush Tracking and make a representative brush stroke

in the window.

2 Opening a new file.

Starting a new file

Begin by creating a new Þle with a white background (File> New). In the

New Picture dialog box, click the Image button. For a rectangular format, set

the Width and Height at 1100 x 850 pixels. Click OK. (The brush sizes that

youÕll use will depend on the pixel size of the document.)

3 Making a pencil sketch.

Choose a natural-looking grain (such as Cold Press Water Color), from the

Papers section of the Art Materials palette. Choose a neutral gray color in

the Color section of the Art Materials palette and select the Cover Pencil

variant of Pencils to draw your line sketch. Because it uses the Cover

method, the Cover Pencil allows drawing both dark lines over light, and light

lines over dark.

Choosing a neutral gray in the Colors

section of the Art Materials palette

Selecting Cold Press Water Color paper

in the Papers section of the Art

Materials palette

The pencil sketch drawn in Painter

Choosing the Cover Pencil in the

Brushes palette

4 Painting the Þrst washes.

Plan to work from light-to-dark as you add color washes to your painting.

Choose a light color in the Colors section of the Art Materials palette and

choose the Diffuse Camel variant of Water Color. (Selecting a Water Color

brush and making a brush stroke on your image will automatically create a

new Water Color Layer in the image.) Block in large areas with the Diffuse

Camel brush. When you use a light pressure on your stylus, the Diffuse

Camel will allow you to smoothly lay in soft-edged washes. The diffusion

built into the brush helps colors to subtly blend as you paint.

Paint with strokes that follow the direction of the forms. DonÕt feel like

you have to cover every inch of the flower with color. Leaving strategic areas

of white will add beauty to your painting.

Choosing a light pink for the first

washes

The active Water Color layer shown in

the Layers section of the Objects

palette. Keep an eye on the animated

water drop. When it stops Òdripping,Ó

itÕs safe to make a new brush stroke.

Laying in light washes using the Diffuse Camel brush

5 Building up midtones.

Reducing the Opacity of the Diffuse

Camel brush

Using medium-value colors, begin to develop your midtones. Paint lighter

colors Þrst, then add darker tones to create form. Keep your light source in

mind and let your strokes follow the direction of the forms. Resize the

brush, or change its Opacity as needed using the sliders on the

Controls:Brush palette. Remember to preserve the subtle white areas. In this

example, I added deeper colors of pink and gray-green. I also dabbed on

subtle brush strokes of golden yellow to warm up the interior of the

hibiscus flower.

Keep in mind that Painter 7Õs water color is based on traditional water

color. With traditional water color, an artist plans on drying time and this

time is often used to analyze and improve the composition of the painting.

PainterÕs new water color technology uses a lot of computing power. It takes

time for the digital pigment to diffuse, and settle on the canvas. This is not

unlike traditional water color.

Building up the midtones and adding some warmer colors

6 Editing water color or the sketch.

Choosing the Eraser, Dry variant of

Water Color

To softly erase color on a Water Color layer, choose the Eraser, Dry variant of

Water Color and choose white in the Colors section. Click on the name of

the layer you wish to erase in the Layers section, and brush over the area

that youÕd like to lighten. I used the Eraser Dry variant to lighten color on

the flowerÕs stamen.

If youÕd like to edit your pencil sketch, target the Canvas in the Layers

section, and switch to the Eraser variant of the Erasers and brush over the

area that you want to remove. (You can not use a regular eraser on a water

color layer. Also itÕs not possible to use a Water Color eraser on the canvas,

or on an image layer.)

In the example below, the pencil sketch is hidden (by turning off the eye

icon to the left of the Canvas name in the Layers section). Later, I deleted the

sketch by targeting the Canvas, choosing Select> All and pressing the Delete key.

Selecting white in the Colors section, to

erase water color to ÒwhiteÓ

Using the Eraser Dry variant of Water Color to lighten the stamen area of the

flower

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