XDDD;;; We had the same idea, then, choosing each other without even realizing it. 8D Though I forgot to go tell you about it when you were also in chatchan. D: *fails* But that's the silly thing about tagging.

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Oh, shoot. I haven't logged on in so long that I did not notice this until now. *fails for being a month late* But no problem, Hikaru~

Umm... One way to make sure that your highlights remain pure is to add a layer of frisket on top of the areas where the water would otherwise seep into. It's this thing that you can place over an area that can be peeled off afterward. When using the wet-on-wet technique, it means that you can still dab away pigment really quickly with perhaps a clean sponge for a straight-edge or a cloth for other methods of dabbing.

You can simply allow the colors to bleed into each other, if that appeals to you. But if you want a more controlled blending technique, the canvas should be lightly dampened, meaning that you take the majority of the excess water off the surface with a sponge or cloth before applying anything else. Equally, your brush would not have to be dripping wet unless you are directly diluting colors while blending certain areas. You can drag your brush from the darker areas into the lighter areas, and the pigment will usually lighten as you pull the brush across the canvas. But the result still depends sometimes. It takes some playing around with.

Keeping the highlights in watercolor really just means that you keep the lightest colors from getting muddied by all of the colored water surrounding it. It helps that you chose some colors that provide enough contrast between your darkest darks, mid-tones, and lightest lights...

I hope that made some sense. #____# *dies*

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"Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone." ~MSM★M

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