Why does the brush have to be dry? This is an important question with which many wet-on-wet painters struggle. Bill says, “It’s (the brush) got to be dry otherwise we can not paint on that!” Paint on what? Bill is talking about that bottom layer of paint.
Wet-on-wet is about painting in layers…paint on top of paint. As Alexander Master Artist Tom Anderson states in our Master Class, “…thick on thin and then thin on thick.” Bill is showing you how to apply the foundation layer of your painting. This is the secret of great wet-on-wet oil painting.
Bill gives you one more “goodie” in this clip at the end when he’s talking about creating a water reflection. We all know you “make water” by brushing horizontal strokes across the canvas…but not yet! There’s one thing you have to do before that and Bill tells you what it is.
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