Technique/approach question
I have been noticing negative painting more recently. I thought I would give it a try. I drew a quick mountain range and painted a blue sky. Then I painted a light green wash over the bottom of the paper to set the stage for the grasses. I started painting the mountains by putting in a wash along the top and bringing it down. This worked well until I reached the negative painting of the grass. Then my bottom edge started to dry out. You can see in the photo all the dark lines/marks where I tried to blend things. How would you have tackled the negative painting so that bottom bead did not dry?
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Erik,
Thanks for your kind mention of my post, but I haven't mastered anything yet.
Thomas, as Erik stated, the key is to keep the bead alive. Painting negatively a wide area of the paper will be challenging if you don't watch the bead and keep them wet. I usually try to break the horizontal plane in multiple places by putting objects (hous, tree, ect) so that it is easy for me to manage beads.
As for your painting, I think your negative painting looks very good. The only suggestion I have is that you could perhaps soften the middle green grass area. That will provide a nice balance of soft and hard edges. H.