A little sparkle and shine can be a great addition to the normally dry and flat finished look of your watercolors. There are several techniques that create or at least imitate a shine. From varnished and waxed topcoats to tricking the eye to actually using watercolors that have a glitter effect, these all can showcase a wet surface or a shine on bird feathers or damp foliage ...the possibilities are endless. And here are a few: Water surface: using the movement of water by value change can give an appearance of shine and highlight. Reflection on metal ...and Glass All of these "tricks" work but actually adding an inheritantly shiny item to your image steals the show. What we are going to focus on in this blog is using sheets of gold foil glued into your watercolor in a purposeful way. Much in the style of illuminated manuscripts from centuries ago, we will try to enhance with gold foil.I am following this YouTube artist , Theodora Gould , who shares her techniques a...