r/watercolor101 • u/Prudent_Editor_7471 • 2d ago

Gradient Painting

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I had so much fun making this. It has about 15 layers of watercolor.

Color: Viridian Hue from Winsor & Newton Cotman

Inspired by: @krystin_mann on Instagram

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u/chiefofmen 2d ago

So cool with value stepping

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u/aptforone 2d ago

So simple yet beautiful 👌

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u/fletcheaa 2d ago

How did you make this! I’d love to try it

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u/Prudent_Editor_7471 2d ago

Check out @krystin_mann’s page on Instagram. She has the instructions in the highlights titled Gradient painting. You basically make a very diluted mixture of the pigment with water and paint the entire sheet. Let it dry. Now add a touch of pigment to the paint mixture and paint over it. Repeat till you get as many layers as you want. I used a hair dryer to dry the paint to speed up the process.

Here’s the tutorial.

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u/fletcheaa 2d ago

Sounds incredibly fun, easy going and doable! Thanks for the info!