Antonio Masi’s Watercolor Hack

This American Watercolor Weekly Advisor shares his secret for creating long straight lines in his signature bridge paintings.

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watercolor landscape painting
“Evening Manhattan Bridge” (watercolor and body color, 40×30)

I use an eyedropper to make long straight lines. I mix the color I want to use, fill the eyedropper, place it where I what a straight line, and — because I paint with my paper vertical — I let gravity do the rest.

watercolor landscape painting
“Coming / Going” (watercolor and body color, 40×30)

I paint very large and tack my paper to the wall to paint the bridges for which I’m known. This eyedropper technique is perfect for creating vertical cables. If I want other lines in differing directions, I turn the paper as needed.

Antonio Masi’s eyedropper

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