Mark Mehaffey

 COLOR AND DESIGN USING A MOUTH ATOMIZER with Mark Mehaffey WATERCOLOR – Mehaffey proves there’s more than one way to get paint on paper in “Color and Design Using a Mouth Atomizer.” First you learn what the mouth atomizer is and how to use it to create vivid work. Next, Mehaffey shows how to adhere your drawing to frisket and explains how to sequence your spray passages by approaching your work backwards. Mehaffey discusses a few simple rules that will help you strengthen your design including color balance and bounce. His final painting is crisp and radiant, and he didn’t use a brush. (From Lynn, “The mouth atomizer has become one of my favorite tools.”) From its simplest application (to smooth out a large area without disturbing the underlying paint) to creating a subtle, yet complex design, it is fun and opens up new opportunities. Mehaffey isn’t the only one who uses the atomizer, John Salminen also takes advantage of this tiny tool’s big effects in his upcoming workshop, “Urban Landscape in Watercolor.”