Glazing

One of the many topics covered in this week's Watercolor for Relaxation lessons was glazing!  I've done it before....but I didn't know that's what it was called. It's basically just over painting with thin layers of wash...and I think it might be one of my favorite techniques.

And now that I've watched Wendy's videos and seen some of her samples I know so much more....and have lots of ideas for patterns and ways to to play with the technique.  

It was a busy and focused kind of day....but every so often I would find myself pausing at my table working on this Wendy inspired glazing doodle exercise in my watercolor journal. 

I have a ways to go....but the repetitive doodle patterns and fussy painting was really quite fun. It was hard to stop!

I actually did some glazing on this spread a while back....

I just didn't know that's what I was doing.  I just thought of is as a wash upon a wash upon a wash.

At some point I'll finish the right hand spread....

and there will most certainly be more glazing!