How to make the painting more transparent and layered? Watercolor paint will tell you its charm.

1. Choose the right paper

Different watercolor papers show different characteristics in the absorption and display of pigments. Generally speaking, rough paper can increase the adsorption area of watercolor paint, making the color fuller and more layered. Smooth paper helps the watercolor paint to flow and blend smoothly, making the visual effect more obvious. In addition, the water absorption of paper is also very important. Appropriate water absorption can make watercolor paint stay on the surface for a period of time, which is convenient for mixing and rendering, while preventing the transparency of watercolor paint from being lost due to too fast absorption.

2. Be familiar with the characteristics of pigments

Before using watercolor paint, you need to understand the transparency, diffusion and other material properties of watercolor paint. For example, lemon yellow, ultramarine, phthalocyanine blue and other transparent colors are suitable for places where transparent effects are needed. When using watercolor paint, you should also pay attention not to use too much opaque watercolor paint, which will reduce the overall transparency of the painting. At the same time, we also need to understand that watercolor paint also has a property of diffusion, and we should make full use of its diffusion effect to create where natural and soft.

3. Do layered coloring

When painting with watercolor paint, we can increase the sense of hierarchy of the picture through the layering method. First, we can use a lighter color as the base, make sure it is completely dry, and then overlay other colors on it. Each overlay color should be more obvious and vivid than the previous one, so as to increase the sense of hierarchy and coordination of the whole picture.