Recently, I started this watercolor of a local field with a large puddle with reflections in the foreground. Before starting, I pre-stained the entire sheet with quinacridone gold giving the image a warm yellow feel to it.
However, the image looked flat so I have been lifting more color than I ever have from a watercolor. The horizontal bands in the field, along with the surface of the puddle and some of the passages in the foreground, with clumps of vegetation, all are areas I lifted paint.
I am curious and optimistic of the final result. I think there will be depth and variation through techniques I have not really used before. Of course you can repaint areas where paint had been lifted before.
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