Technique Practice
Before you start the painting, I like you to do a practice of the techniques you are about to use, which is wet-into-wet, wet-on-dry, and lifting-off.

I first put some yellow color with a wet flat brush, then I mix some red into the yellow to make orange. I add the orange color next to the yellow color. Now I need to mix a darker color. I take some red, and blue, mix them with the orange color. Now I add this dark color into the wet color on the left. Since the area is still wet, it created a smooth transitions from one color to anthers. I clean the brush to lift-off the color for a soft highlight. Now I quickly take some red color, and add it to the left-lower area.

To avoid the access color from dripping down on the paper, or going back up to the paint, I simply dry my brush to blot the extra wet paint away.

These are the key techniques that we will use for the following painting. Do a couple of times or until you feel comfortable with the process, then click on the next link on the right to proceed.

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