What is the best varnish for watercolor?

GOLDEN MSA Varnish or GOLDEN Archival Varnish may be applied directly to the watercolor painting, spray application is highly recommended. Polymer Varnish and other water based varnishes are not recommended for direct application as this could result in bleeding of the watercolor painting.

Can you do realism with watercolor?

Realism in watercolour generally involves fine work. For this reason it is a good Idea to use a smoother stock as it makes detail work easier to accomplish.

What is the meaning of cityscapes?

1 : a city viewed as a scene. 2 : an artistic representation of a city. 3 : an urban environment a cityscape cluttered with factories.

Can I varnish over watercolor?

Because papers and other watercolor substrates are highly absorbent, any varnish applied to the surface will soak into it and become a permanent, non-removable addition to the piece. Once varnished, the watercolor can never be returned to its original condition.

How do you watercolor still life?

1. Lightly draw your still life. I began by drawing the image very lightly.
2. Paint the reds of your watercolour.
3. Paint the greens of your watercolour.
4. Balance the tones.
5. Finesse the tomatoes.
6. Tred carefully to fill the gaps.
7. Add the final details to your still life.

How to paint a cityscape in watercolor?

Loose initial wash (warms and cools), including some darks, skipping some very lights, some very dark darks applied broadly Pay attention to value separation, linkage, counterchange Starts with lightest values, but splashed on some pigment while still working in the light values.

What to look for in a watercolor painting?

Want painting to look a little messy, not too clean. Lose edges, painting must have hard, and lost edges. Be open to the unexpected. Save more light than you will want in the finished painting and cut into it in the second and subsequent washes.

What kind of composition does a watercolor artist use?

Weave darks through the painting (As if crossing a stream, need stepping stones to connect areas, but the steps can’t be too far apart.) As she paints, she thinks in terms of a specific composition type (“L”, radiation, “S”, cruciform, etc.) [but in her thinking rather than anything obvious in the resulting painting]