Watercolor Doodle

(C) 2020 Dale DiMauro

Many artists use practice sheets which basically are any piece of scrap paper they have on hand to test whether a color they have mixed is what they want to use. These sheets are often used to work out any problems you may have with correcting your drawing before committing to a large sheet of watercolor paper.

This image has been developed on a test sheet of watercolor paper I have been using. I tend to use both sides of test sheets so as not to waste any paper. There often are marks on the paper over different time periods which are unrelated.

This little watercolor was developed as a warm-up exercise before starting on a painting. I like the clean washes and how they read on the paper. Particularly, as minimal color has been used.