Watercolour techniques
Ways of handling water, pigment and paper — and the lessons that show them.
Dry Brush
Glazing
Glazing lays a transparent wash over a layer that has dried completely. Depth comes from the layers reading through one another rather than from thicker paint, which is what keeps the colour from going muddy.
Granulation
Lifting
Masking
Washes
Wet-on-Dry
Painting onto dry paper produces crisp edges and full control of shape. It is the choice wherever drawing matters: architecture, branches, foreground detail.
Wet-on-Wet
Wet-on-wet means applying pigment to paper that is already damp, so the colour spreads on its own and every edge stays soft. It is how skies, mist, distance and flower petals are painted when a gradual transition matters more than a defined outline.