Welcome! I’m Carrie Glessner, a watercolor and gouache artist living in northern Vermont. When I was a kid, I was always the one asking “but why?” and basically, I never stopped. That means I’m now a painter with a lot of questions about paint! Luckily, I also love to do research, and I love to write… Sounds like a blog to me!
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Latest Posts:
Paper Parameters
Like most watercolor artists, I’ve spent a good bit of time trying out different paper. Although I’ve found paper I like, it’s expensive – so every sale makes me wonder if the grass might be greener on the other side of the deckle edge. Any watercolor teacher will tell you to use paper that’s 100%…
DIY Granulating Medium
I love the look of granulation – the textured look caused by larger pigment particles settling more thickly into the low points of the paper – and I sometimes wish that some of my non-granulating colors had more interesting texture. I recently posted about paint mixtures that highlight granulation, and that got me thinking about…
Watercolor Paper Myth Busting
In researching my upcoming post on watercolor paper manufacturing, I’ve run across several common paper-related axioms that are (or may be) myths. Time for some paper myth busting! There is a “right side” and a “wrong side” to paper. False. Paper has a different texture on each side caused by one side being imprinted by…
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