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scott1328 wrote:

Mike_L wrote:Too many watercolorists believe that everything has to be wet-in-wet... or wet-on-dry with a heavily-loaded brush. The best way to render the bee 'fur' would be to use a dry brush approach, overpainting the yellow with the black.

When decorating figurines (ceramic, plaster, etc) it is better to dry brush over the black.

Aye. Same approach with gouache (opaque watercolor), which I favor above the transparent / translucent sort.

pelfdaddy wrote:The comments are very kind---but no, I do not write professionally. I'm just one of millions who enjoys reading, thinks they probably have a book inside them somewhere, and is too damn busy making a living to find out. Show of hands?

Something to do in your retirement years. In the meantime, you're very welcome to hone your already-superb writing skills on ratskep!