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David Perry

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Wow it a tough job.  I just end up with sheet after sheet of soggy blue and green paper.  Much harder than the videos make out. Onwards!!  I have several weeks to fill I suppose because of the desire to stay safe at home. Any tips for painting the sea? David
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Sounds as if you need to use much less water - but you don't tell us much about the techniques you're trying, other than that you've got a bit soggy.  More colour, less water, maybe?

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You haven’t shown us your efforts David, so I’m working in the dark here. Try using a quality watercolour paper, certainly less water as Robert suggests.  First lay a graduated wash over the sea area. When this is bone dry, work in some different strength/colour washes across the paper, horizontally of course, to indicate moving water. Follow this with dry brush work, modelling the structure of waves and so on. Don’t rush watercolour, you can’t, unless you’re deliberately employing the wet in wet technique. Work in stages, let previous washes dry. Use white acrylic or gouache to indicate tops of waves, keep these more to the foreground and don’t dot them everywhere.

David Perry

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Thanks both. I'll persevere...onwards D

Tessa Gwynne

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David, if you read this please post your painting so that we can see what you are talking about! You have opened the lid of the box but we can’t see inside, intriguing!

David Perry

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Hi Tessa It's not that good... I'll post something later. D
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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David, I matters not how bad you think it is you need to post it. We can then possibly see where it went wrong for you and advice accordingly. There will be some it that are fine and don’t need to be changed, I can understand your reluctance to post what you think is a disaster.

David Perry

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I find all these tutorial video quite intriguing.  Easy to follow, nice gentle steps then somehow  between steps 78 and 79 theres some sleight of hand magic and wham! A painting appears.   You can scroll back and forth but step78.5 is never shown.  Ha ha I guess that's the art.

David Perry

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Theres something not switched on in my brain to brush machinery isnt there...
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