Step-by-step watercolor landscape painting demonstrationThis free lesson provided by Mary Churchill
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Instructions
 
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Watercolor paper (I use Arches brand) 5 X 10 folded in half.
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Prepackaged watercolor Cards by Strathmore, which includes envelopes (AC Moore or Craft Store)
I have used a Gouache (Permanent White), for ocean splash and waves at times, or petals of the daisy. My materials are Acid Free.
For this project, I bought a package of Watercolor Cards by Strathmore at the Craft Store. These are 140lb. watercolor paper with envelopes. The blank cards measure 5” x 6 7/8” and the envelopes are 5 ¼” x 71/4”. I like this package very much.
At times I tape the blank card to a “field board” and put that on my table easel.
The tape will create a boarder around the edge with this method, which I’m not crazy about.
Generally, I simply tape between the front and back of the card to the board, and then a two sided tape or rolled tape under the front edges, to the board. Or… Use tape to separate the front of the card from the back of card, using masking tape to create a clean edge between paper and painting.
Otherwise, I will not tape the card. I will paint flat on a table in order to paint to the edge. This can be a bit of a problem because watercolor paper tends to curl a bit when wet. I have at times used a hair-dryer to prevent a curling incident.
