Negative Painting

Inspired by the scales of Ashley’s bookmark class exercise, I decided to try out my own negative painting.

  • Paper: St. Cuthberts Mill Saunders Waterford series
  • Water Color: Winsor and Newton
  • Brushes: Round 10 and Round 6
Negative watercolor fish
Negative watercolor painting of fish

Here is a close up shot of the scales and gradients on the tail of the larger fish. I was pretty happy with the gradients of the tail. The value change sort of got dramatic with the scales though, hehe.

Negative watercolor fish
Negative watercolor painting of fish

Overall, this was a great exercise and I learned a lot from Ashley’s class. Definitely 100% recommend watching all of the videos in this class. Every exercise was informative and well explained. I also enjoyed being able to come and go from this piece while running around throughout the day.


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