... three different cold colours were used to stand the subject out. However, when I looked at the finishing painting, I thought three colours for the background were too much. I think just blue and green would well create the shadows. This was painted by water colour which was a quick sketch of my final piece. I always find that water colour is a difficult medium to represent images, as it is extremely hard to entirely blend two colours. Besides, it is time consuming( takes a while to dry). Another disadvantage is that the sides of the paper becomes curly as it dries. I found that when the paper was wetted by water first, two different colours could be mixed easily, as long as enough water was brushed on. When I wanted to make a gradual change from light to dark, the light colour had to be put on first, ...

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