Watercolor Soft or Lost Edge
Valerie Stewart
First Make-It-Take
Class
HINTS AND TIPS
Make-It-Take-It
TEAM CONFERANCE
Water Colors
ARTIST  TEACHER  FRIEND
Soft or lost edges that fade into the background.  Take
a brush dip it in clean water then blot most of the
water out of the brush leaving it damp. Right after you
make a stroke of paint that you want to lose or soften,
pick up the damp clean brush and pass it over the edge
you want to lose. The clean brush knocks the edge off
and the paint melts  into the clean damp area, next to
where the hard edge was.
A word of Caution, be sure the brush with the clean
water has been blotted otherwise you will place too
much water into the hard edge causing the paint to
back run. Make sure you clean and re-blot the brush.
The brush must be clean and moist for a good soft
edge. Practice this on scrap paper and soon you will be
doing this technique before you can say hot dog.

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