Watercolor Techniques

You should always clean your brush before using a new color.

• True

• False

This watercolor technique refers to the gradual changing from one color to another.

• Ombre

• Gradation

• Potato Soup

• Change

What watercolor effect is this?

• Gradation

• Salt Effect

• Wax Resist

• Sparkles

What watercolor effect is this?

• Salt Effect

• Gradation

• Wax Resist

• Lines

Answer explanation

The wax in the crayons repels the water, so when you paint over crayons with watercolor, the color will leave the lines alone.

What watercolor effect is this (painting over an area that has not yet dried)?

• Salt Effect

• Gradation

• Wet-on-wet

• Wet-on-dry

What watercolor effect is this (painting over an area that has already dried)?

• Salt Effect

• Gradation

• Wet-on-wet

• Wet-on-dry

You need to add water to watercolors in order to paint with them.

• True

• False

Adding more water and less paint will create a lighter color.

• True

• False

Watercolors are opaque. (you can't see through them)

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Watercolors are transparent- you can see through them. Many watercolor artists use hundreds of layers of paint in their artworks.

How can you make yellow-green (two answers)?

• Mixing yellow and green.

• Mixing blue and yellow.

• Painting yellow on top of dried green paint.

• Mixing yellow and orange.