Watercolor Terms PostWash/Flat Wash: A wash is adding water to your paint to paint a bigger area.
Drybrush: Using a dry brush to paint, making a scratchy look. Glazing: Adding a thin transparent layer on top of the paint Gradated Wash: Making 2 colors washed to mix in the middle Hue : A spectrum color, can be darker or lighter Intensity: How vibrant the color is Lifting Paint: The removing of paint Masking Fluid: A liquid that blocks watercolor from getting to certain spots Palette: A board that artists put their paint onto and mix the paint on Scrubbing: To rub something over and over until it comes off Color Temperature: Level of warmth in a color tint, shade: Tint is mixing a color with white, and shade is adding black to a color Transparent: How clear a color is Value: How light or dark a color is Wet-on-dry: Painting with wet paint on a dry surface Wet-on-Wet: Painting with wet paint on a wet surface Wax Resist: when wax is used so the paint doesn't get onto the part the wax is covering Salt Technique: Adding salt to a watercolor painting, and then the watercolor gets into the salt crystals and gives the painting a cool look Watercolor Paint: Paint that are pigments of color that have a water base and disperse Blotting: Using an absorbent to absorb parts of a watercolor painting to make that part lighter Watercolor paper: Paper that is designed to be painted on with watercolor paints
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