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Watercolor easily enables
us to leave plenty of blank
spaces. Light and shadow
must be taken into account
for the effect to be natural.
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In these kinds of illustrations the result would be imprecise if only
watercolor were used. A better result is achieved by going around
the outline with a felt tip pen.
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Here is a further example of a combination
of illustration techniques. When details or
outlines of the same color in felt tip pen
are applied to a watercolor base the result
is greatly enhanced.
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