Episode 6: Anne Abgott Vocabulary
Here are some of the concepts I cover with Anne Abgott in our interview.
Ways to Apply Paint
We talk about several ways of getting paint onto the watercolor paper.
Glazing
Glazing is when you put a thin layer of color over the colors underneath. Abgott isn’t a huge fan of glazing. She prefers to use mingling.
Mingling
Mingling is a way to mix color on your paper. You take one color and lay it down next to another color and join them. Where they join they begin to mingle and mix.
Dropping
Color dropping is how Peggi Habets from Episode 4 works. Again, this is mixing on the paper. You lay down color on your watercolor paper and then while the paint is still wet, you drop in additional paint. Yes, actually drop it in...although it looks more like a touch really.
Pouring
Some artists pour paint. It’s pretty cool to see. They get cups of paint and pour them onto their watercolor paper and then move around the paper to move the paint.
Papa, Mama, Baby shapes
This is a way to refer to big, middle, and small shapes.
QUALITIES OF PAINT
Transparent
Paint that you can see through. It’s transparent. Transparent paint layers really well. Artists who glaze (see above) will use transparent paint.
Opaque
Opaque paints (like all the cadmiums) you can’t see through unless you thin them down. Artists who love to glaze often stay away from opaque paints. Although that’s a general rule and not always true. Chris Krupinski for example (episode 2) uses cadmiums for her glazing. She just waters them down a lot.
Granular
Some paints, when they dry, have a granular feel to them. They work great for painting things like brick.