Softening a Watercolor Edge |
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This is a technique that allows you to soften or blur the hard edge of a previously painted area
that is still wet or damp. To soften an edge, you use a clean, moist brush.
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How to Make your Brush Moist  - Tutorials |
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 Paper Towel |
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Lift your brush out of your clean water container and slide the brush once against the rim to remove
the excess. Then lightly stroke the brush back and forth across your folded paper towels. The amount of
pressure you put on your brush against the paper towels, and how many times you stroke back and forth,
determines how much water will be removed. |
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 Tissue |
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After sliding the brush once against the rim of the water container to remove excess water,
lay the brush on a tissue in your left hand as shown. How long you leave the brush on the tissue determines
the amount of water that will be removed. |
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 Hand |
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After placing a tissue in your left hand, remove the excess water from your brush by
sliding it once against the rim of your water container. Lay the brush on the crook of your left pointer finger as shown. |
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Touch your thumb to the brush. |
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Slide the brush out from between your thumb and finger, removing the excess water onto your
finger. Then use the tissue in your hand to absorb the water on your finger. The amount of pressure you apply with
your thumb determines the amount of water that will be removed. |

Give yourself plenty of time to learn this moist brush technique. You will be so grateful that you did. As a rule I don't often
say to buy a particular name brand item, but in this case I would for the sole purpose on helping you achieve
the best possible results with the least amount of frustration. The brush that I recommend getting is a no. 5 and/or a no. 7 round from
the Bette Byrd "Aqua-Sable" 100 series. For some reason, the brush hairs handle this technique very well. |