Let's de"mist"ify watercolor! In this free watercolor lesson I will show you how to paint fog or mist without using masking fluid or white gouache. You can create beautiful soft effects with a little bit of planning and a light touch. You don't even need a pencil sketch to start!
If you've been using masking fluid to save the white of the paper, you already know that masking fluid can be difficult to work with. It creates a hard edge that doesn't give the soft, diffused look we need for painting fog. Adding white paint or gouache is equally problematic, as painting white over watercolor gives a chalky look, and rarely matches the white of the paper, so it doesn't really feel transparent and light.
By working wet-on-dry, you can block in the major elements of the painting, leaving the light areas light, and using water to soften edges for a wet in wet look that maintains some control.
I'm using a fairly narrow range of colors, two or three blues (choose a warm blue like ultramarine and a cooler blue like cinereous blue), a couple of violets (you can mix your own but I like wisteria, cobalt violet deep and carbazole violet from Daniel Smith), and for warmth, a splash of Mars Yellow (substitute raw sienna) and Hematite Burnt Scarlet (substitute burnt umber).
You also don't need a perfect reference photo. By using a reference photo as my jumping off point, I was able to improvise and edit the scene to create a more pleasing composition. Using my knowledge from scenes I have painted in the past, I was able to add mountains emerging from the clouds to make my painting more interesting.
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Escoda Versatil #10 Rigger, bit.ly/Rigger10
Daniel Smith: Cobalt Violet Deep, Ultramarine, Mars Yellow, Wisteria, Carbazole Violet, Hematite Burnt Scarlet bit.ly/2cXeE8J
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Blick Premier Watercolor Blocks: bit.ly/2B1Kltf
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Robax 64 well 18 inch palette: www.robax.com/palettes.html
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