Steve Fleming

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Steve Fleming

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In The Studio: Using White Paper

In the following 3 demonstrations you can see how I have left white paper or created white shapes to make the focus in the painting.  Although we don’t always see whites in nature it is an important aspect of picture making to think of your lights as white paper and use them.  Remember also that you don’t have to leave the white where it is you can move it around to create a better composition.  Think related white shapes not isolated white shapes.

Lesson: Use The White of the Paper, Let it Scream

Watercolor is a wonderful medium, both transparent and opaque, but we really should try to use the white paper to create wonderful passages of light and movement through our paintings when we are using watercolor in a transparent fashion.  The pure white paper really screams look at me against vibrant colors, and textural accents.  Make