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<\/figure><\/p>\nEstimated reading time: 2 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\nToday is Tuesday, so my favorite artist will leave Casa Valencia at noon and take the Silver Fox for a ride to the Tustin Senior Citizens Center. That also means I will work around the house on my personal to-do list, which keeps getting bigger and bigger! You can see her work in Mary’s Loft!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes we call her Dr. Messy!!<\/p>\n\n\n Here are some interesting facts about watercolors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Watercolor paint is made from pigment and a binder, usually gum arabic, which helps the pigment stick to the paper. With Mary gone, I’ll be working around the house on my personal to-do list, which keeps getting bigger and bigger! Today’s effort is to arrange the TV Room TV components, hide the wires, identify the associated remotes, and label them! We need this because during the holiday season, we often watch Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas movies from CDs and stream them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is Tuesday, so my favorite artist will leave Casa Valencia at noon and take the Silver Fox for a ride to the Tustin Senior Citizens Center. That also means I will work around the house on my personal to-do … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13-001-1-649x487.png\")
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\u2022 The paper often provides the white areas in a painting. Artists commonly leave parts unpainted instead of using white paint.
\u2022 Watercolor is usually transparent, so artists can layer thin washes of color. These layers are called glazes.
\u2022 Water controls the effect: more water makes paint lighter and more fluid; less water creates richer, more concentrated color.
\u2022 Once a wash dries, it can be reactivated with water, though some pigments lift more easily than others.
\u2022 Gouache is a related water-based paint that is generally more opaque than traditional watercolor.
\u2022 Watercolor has a long history, but it became especially popular for landscape painting and travel sketches because the materials are relatively portable.
\u2022 The paper matters a lot: watercolor paper is designed to handle water without buckling as easily as ordinary paper.
\u2022 Artists use techniques such as wet-on-wet (painting onto damp paper) for soft edges and wet-on-dry for sharper details.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n