When you flick the paint, test it elsewhere first before you use it on your painting. The initial flicking usually has larger water droplets that can ruin your painting.
Watercolour Galaxy Painting Style
I think I have found my art style! I first learned the watercolour galaxy painting style from Let’s Make Art’s Galaxy Wolf project, and I really enjoyed that painting. It was one of the first watercolour paintings I have ever done. Though I have been trying to perfect my loose watercolour florals, the galaxy style was still my favourite.
Why I Love It
Personally, the wet on wet is what attracted me to watercolour. I find it magical, and the watercolour galaxy style is all about wet on wet. In addition, it is more forgiving with this style. It is also really fun to do!
I painted this when I first started my watercolour journey, in July 2022. I have come a long way since!
How To Paint In Watercolour Galaxy Style
You can use whatever paint you have (I used Paul Rubens), but it has to disperse (e.g. Holbein doesn’t contain ox-gall so it doesn’t disperse) for best results. Paper is also very important. You will need 100% cold pressed cotton paper for this to work well or you will end up with blooms and hard edges.
With this style of painting, you need to define certain areas (eyes, nose, ears and mouth) wet on dry. I don’t know what’s best but with this panda painting, I did the wet on dry first.
I worked in section by section, first wetting the paper, then dropping the paint in and then add salt.
I dropped in water on the bottom part of the panda for similar effects like the salt, and also let the paint drip a bit after loading it at the bottom. I held the paper vertically and gave it a good shake for the paint drip.
