![texture on painting](https://janehooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/texture.jpg)
Using Gesso to add texture or give depth
I have been playing with a different technique, this involves adding texture to my watercolour painting. First of all I apply Gesso to my initial sketch, which is of the tide coming in at Godrevy, during the summer.
![texture in Watercolour](https://i0.wp.com/janehooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/texture-in-Watercolour.jpg?resize=293%2C410&ssl=1)
I have used the Gesso in the areas where the tide comes and there are small patches of white foam, and also for as the waves are breaking a little further out.
![Laying down some colour](https://i0.wp.com/janehooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Laying-down-some-colour.jpg?resize=541%2C763&ssl=1)
Then I put down my initial watercolour wash, painting over the Gesso.
![Texture created using Gesso](https://i0.wp.com/janehooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Texture-created-using-Gesso.jpg?resize=360%2C480&ssl=1)
This close-up shows the paint on top of the Gesso texture.
Then I add some more paper but also then remove some of the paint in the texture area.
![Low tide at Godrevy](https://i0.wp.com/janehooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Low-tide-at-Godrevy.jpg?resize=573%2C798&ssl=1)
Hopefully it has created that feeling of the tide coming in.
Here is another one that I have done.
![Tide coming in on a Cornish beach](https://i0.wp.com/janehooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Tiding-coming-in-on-a-Cornish-beach.jpg?resize=511%2C721&ssl=1)
What do you think? I like it and I think I could do a whole series in this style.