Here is a new watercolor painting. As you know, I have been using aquabord a lot lately. This painting is no different. I used a 5" X 7" piece of aquabord to do this simple landscape. I am finally starting to get used to the amount of paint needed to make the colors stand out better. That really is the main issue with using this support. The amount of paint and water on your brush. I believe, once you get that combination down, painting on this surface will be much easier and very rewarding. Lifting color is truly as easy as advertised. Lifting for your highlights is pretty simple. A damp clean brush and a paper towel to wipe off paint from each pass. You generally do not get to pure white again, but you get a really good highlight. The mountains in the distance and the foreground rocks were highlighted that way. As you can see, the lifting of color works very well. Even though learning how to use aquabord can be challenging and it does take some effort, I am convinced it will be well worth the time.
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