I had more than one person told me "I have no patient for watercolor". And I always find it odd because I thought that watercolor is one of the fastest medium out there. I can usually finish a painting with one sitting (about 2~3 hours). While with oil and acrylic it usually requires more time for one painting. But now I think I can understand what do people mean when they say they don't have the patient for watercolor - It's not the about the time it takes to finish the painting, it's about the time you get to work on it. Because acrylic dry very fast, you can pretty much paint right on top. And even though oil paint dry very slow, you can always lay thicker paint on top without waiting. But when you put down a wash in watercolor, you need to wait for it to dry completely in order to paint the second layer on top.
Read MoreBehind the painting - Cypress Point Country Club - No. 16 Hole
Hope you are having a fantasy week so far! I had a very busy weekend packing and shipping some of my paintings to a CWA(California Watercolor Association) show. I want to go over one of the painting that got accepted and share with you the process.
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Why some artists paint for so long but shown only a little improvement?
People often seem surprise when I told them I start doing watercolor for about 2 years. I then quickly explain what I did before I start doing watercolor. They understand a bit more, but still seems to be surprised. On the other hand, I've seen some paintings done by artists who been painting for many more years but finding things fundamentally wrong with them.
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