Another set of ten, including a water color wheel and one of three practice examples (bee on flower). I'm sure more practice examples are sure to come. Water color is without a doubt a challenge. I kept in mind the four techniques and practiced all four plus one combination or favorite technique on each of two landscapes. My preference is for the dry on dry and wet on dry techniques because I felt more in control than when the pigment moves significantly after I apply it to the wet paper. The wet on wet and dry on wet techniques felt impossible to compose. I don't know if this is because of my unfamiliarity to this medium or my lack of patience to allow the wet layers to dry before continuing. I also notice that I treat water color like oil or acrylic in my application because they are more familiar to me than the fluidity and transparency of water color's layers. I will learn, this was a disappointing exercise but I did see improvement and I think I will continue to.
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