Artists & Illustrators

September

DEEPENING COLOURS

Watercolourist HAZEL SOAN offers advice on embracing darker tones and mixing blacks

Deepening colours can require patience if you are not used to working with rich dark or deep mixes. Watercolour dries to a lighter tone than it appears when wet, so go in deeper and darker than the value you are planning to achieve. Check the consistency of the mix: deep

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