Watercolor, Color Theory, Drawing

When color is dropped onto a wet surface and is allowed to bloom.

• Drop in color

• Soft Edge

• Hard Edge

• Blooming

Crisp, clean edges made by letting the first layer dry before adding a neighboring color.

• Drop in color

• Soft Edge

• Hard Edge

• Blooming

a word to describe when watercolor bleeds into or through neighboring colors.

• Blooming

• Feathering

• Soft Edge

• Drop in Color

When the edges of a watercolor line blend with its neighboring color.

• Drop in color

• Soft Edge

• Feathering

• Blooming

A word to describe pigment spreading in a radial pattern on a wet surface.

• Drop in color

• Soft Edge

• Hard Edge

• Blooming

Using a dry material to lift watercolor from the page to add texture.

• Splatter

• Drips

• Pulling

• Blotting

When you create a puddle of paint and tilt your paper to make the puddle move, that technique is called

• Splatter

• Drips

• Pulling

• Blotting

When you tap your brush and flick paint onto the surface of your paper, that technique is called

• Splatter

• Drips

• Pulling

• Blotting

When you apply paint to your paper and use a clean wet brush to move the pigment around, that technique is called

• Splatter

• Drips

• Pulling

• Blotting

When you create an even/smooth coverage on your paper, that technique is called a

• Gradient

• Value Scale

• Layer

• Wash