More Sponging

  This entry was originally posted on Friday, June 15, 2012

Another way to break up the look of the sponge is to spray the paint while it is still wet.

This will cause some areas to merge and become soft.

Sponging Trees

 This entry was originally posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012

Another way to create foliage is with a natural sea sponge.

 

This is the most common way for creating foliage but to be honest, it is not my favorite.

Perhaps it is because quite often it looks contrived.

It becomes the same pattern of leaves over and over again.

 To avoid this look of everything being the same, turn your sponge different ways and use different sides of it when applying the paint.

This will help in making different patterns of leaves and foliage.

Fun Foliage with a Different Brush

   This entry was originally posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012

 

Different size brushes will cause different sizes of splatter drops.

I like to use a big brush to start off my splatters because it covers a lot more area.

Then I move to a smaller brush with smaller drops of paint as the painting begins to dry. 

(Remember, I am working wet-in-wet with different colors of paint splatters)

Experiment with what you have and see what works best for you and for your painting.

Fun Foliage

  This entry was originally posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Creating foliage and leaves can be fun and there are several ways to do it.

My favorite way is to splatter paint.

Load up your brush with different colors.

And tap it against another brush or stick.

Be sure to get close enough to your paper that it lands on the paper!

Also protect the areas that you do not want to get splattered and messy.

This technique is also best when done wet-in-wet with different colors of foliage.

Uplands

14x20"