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Creative White Shapes Part 1

I want to go over several paintings where I have used the white paper as the foil to make the darker values more interesting.  Remember that in transparent watercolor the white paper is the most powerful part of the painting.  Learning to design your paintings with this in mind will help  you move in the direction of expressive, creative and focused paintings.  Leaving random whites in areas of the painting without regard to their impact will diminish your chances of success.