Freelance 2014-2

[faraway]

This is another idea how to use watercolor. I painted a black rectangle with very solid black watercolor. Only little water to prevent it from running through the gaps (didn't work perfect). When the paint was dry I used dry transfer letters (NUTS & BOLTS 1953). The dry transfer did not stick well on the wall as expected. A dump cotton swab was next used to remove some of the black watercolor and to move some of it over the white letters.
This is based on my observation that the black background disappears much more than the white letters on old brick walls.

The distance is graceful....


I think I must seal this section of the wall with dull coat before I start weathering the wall with watercolors and lots of water water. btw. that wall had a mortal wash too. It disappeared on the closeup photo but I see the mortal wash from 2 yards distance in my chair now. Colors and light appearance in real and on photos is somehow magic to me...

Matt, I am also very careful weathering cars and especially engines. My standard weathering is a black/brown mix applied at the black parts at the bottom like trucks, tank etc. The Conrail GP15 somewhat down in this thread got that standard weathering. It is usually only good enough to remove all shine and beauty from the black. I do also sometime add some highlights to the bottom part with light gray dry brushing and at the maximum a layer of dull coat over the entire shell. But that is an exception if the colors are to much like a toy.
In some absolute necessary cases do I use a black wash to tone the shell down (e.g. my green BN boxcars looked like a frog).