Hello everyone! It's Sandy Allnock, and I'm bringing along Bob Ross for today's tip!
Scumbling may sound fancy - but it's really a painterly term for "scribbling." You can do this!
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Tips:
- Use scumbling to create feathery or furry textures on animals, as well as ground surfaces of dirt and rocks.
- Create loose textures for trees and branches by scumbling some areas, and flicking leaves or pine bough needles with the tip of the brush.
- Linear scumbling is a great way to paint water ripples!
Pinnable reference guide
I recommend starting yourself a pin board with tips you find all over the web on watercolor techniques - I'll be sharing lots of them here, but there are already so many out there too! Each week I'll provide a new graphic to add to your collection for quick reference!
Make your own swatches of the techniques along with me! You can store them any way you want - on a ring like I've shown below, or in a pocket page with 2x2 swatches. Or heck, make them whatever size you want! I've stamped an image on mine rather than just doing a square - because I find I get more real-world practice by doing more than a shape. Use these tip labels for the back and attach them onto the back of your swatches: Download Watercolor Swatch Labels
Thanks so much for popping by - see you next week!
