Exercise: Overlaying Washes.

Watercolour washes.

Notes.
This experimental was really great. I feel like I learned a lot about how paint behaves. The level of control is much greater when the paper is dry. The colour becomes much darker and more opaque as you layer it. Painting over dry paint seems to act in quite an even and predictable way. There is more contrast between the layers at the top of the piece. The wet paint has built up at the bottom due to painting on a slightly sloped surface. This build up of paint has led to a darker base. But there is also less contrast between the layers since the slower drying time has led to more a bleeding and mixing between the layers.