1. Texture Still Life

2. watercolor
Paint –Pigment that is dispersed into a liquid (vehicle) that includes a binder to make it adhere both to itself and to the surface.
A paint that uses water as a solvent (to dissolve or thin)
Traits – applied thin and often transparent (can see through it)

3. Watercolor techniques
Wet on dry – wet medium on a dry surface
To create a hard or sharp edge on your painting
More control

4. Watercolor techniques
Wet on wet – wet medium on a wet surface
Pre-wet the surface before painting
Less control, but very fluid
Good for 1st layer and to cover large areas

5. Watercolor techniques
Suran wrap – an experimental watercolor technique
Paint surface with a color using wet on wet or wet on dry, then lay a piece of suran wrap on top of the paper. Leave it alone for about 30 minutes to dry
Creates a beautiful texture

6. texture
An element of art, texture is the surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.
may be actual or simulated. Actual textures can be felt with the fingers, while simulated textures are suggested by an artist in the painting of different areas of a picture — often in representing drapery, metals, rocks, hair, etc.

7. India Ink
a simple black or colored ink once widely used for writing and printing and now more commonly used for drawing and outlining, specially when inking comic books and comic strips.
May also be use for ink washes, as watercolors
Basic India ink is composed of a variety of fine soot, known as lampblack, combined with water to form a liquid.

8. Line Quality
 influences the overall emotional impact of the art work - they can be thick, thin, straight, curved or angular - these are the emotional qualities of the line itself. 

9. Edward Weston a 20th-century American photographer.
"one of the most innovative and influential American photographers
photographed landscapes, still lifes, nudes, portraits, genre scenes and even whimsical parodies.
Developed quintessentially American, and specially Californian, approach to modern photography"[3]because of his focus on the people and places of the American West.

10. Edward Weston Nudes

11. Edward Weston Peppers

12. Acrylic paint Synthetic paints First used by artists in the late 1940s
Acrylic paint
Synthetic paints
First used by artists in the late 1940s
Can be used on nearly any surface
Can be used as a transparent wash or heavy impasto
Dry quickly and does not yellow

13. Brush A tool used to apply paints and inks to a surface
Consists of hairs, or bristles held in place by a ferrule (metal) attached to a handle.
Different types of brushes
Filbert
Bright
Fan
Flat
round

14. Flat brushes – bristles are arranged wide, but not very thick
Used to create a broad brushstroke (large areas)
Can produce thin brushstrokes – lead with narrow edge
Round brush – bristles come to a sharp point
used to paint fine lines and details

15. Acrylic on watercolor