Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Common Watercolor Problems

Problem 1 -Overworking

When you think a few more details, few more brush strokes, pushing and pulling color over the paper, will improve the painting.  When you don't know when to stop, expecting perfection, so you start fussing back and forth. 

Solution

Stop as soon as your basic message becomes evident.
Then set the painting aside for a while.
Looking at it for later,  with a fresh eye  may give you  a new perspective.
Go ahead and put a mat and frame  as a 'Trial Run' around it. Look at it again. Then add any aditions, color, details.  Remember more details only means you have a painting with more details.  Shapes makes the painting NOT DETAILS.

- Jim Black

Thursday, August 18, 2011

How to Choose the Best Watercolor Papers

When it comes to painting, you need all the basics, and a variety of brushes are nice, a pregnant Anne, water, container, and of course incredible and papers. When it comes to painting with water colors and, especially, need to take the extra time to find the best paper to work with. The paper surface can greatly affect the results of your work, and sometimes for the good and sometimes bad. To keep mistakes to a minimum and keep these tips in mind when choosing the perfect paper. 

1. First you want to decide whether you want to buy stock separately, or if you wish to purchase in the painting. General, and the loose sheets are cheaper than the pads, but if you really like a certain paper may want to get a sketchbook as a whole. Platforms in many cases come in a variety of sizes and make them easier to use and convenient for storage. 


2. Be sure to know what kind of surface you want to work with him. Leaf water comes in different weights and textures. Choice on the shelf or the cover of your platform to determine whether its mild, cold-press or hot press. Hot of the press is generally smoother paper surface while the cold press tends to be more texture, more grooves divots that can soak the paint in it. 


3. Cold press paper has a "medium" texture and it is great for beginning watercolor painters. 


4. Remember to define the weight of the paper that you want. Pillow is 140 pounds and great weight to most of the projects, especially ideal for beginners. 


5. Experimentation is the key to the solution. If you were not sure of the weight, or to go with the texture, and get all of them, and test it out. You will find the paper you're like most of the use of all of them and see what fits your style of painting. There are so many different materials there and spend some time looking around. The best way to get a perfect paper by proving that is the best. 


There you have it. Along with papers ideal must also get pregnant right, good, quality brushes, and all the colors of the rainbow. Water projects and will have even more fun to deal with and easy to achieve and to meet to show off. When it comes to stock water, do your homework! 




Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Select the Best Size for Your Painting


So much goes into deciding the right size and dimensions for your painting, and Watercolor is the perfect source of information to help you make the right decision. Whether you want to create something small enough to accent a side table or large enough to grace a dining room wall, you'll learn how to determine the right size canvas for your subject matter. And you'll learn how to give your painting the right amount of detail and color that is appropriate for its canvas size whether it's tall, wide, square, large or small. 

Friday, July 15, 2011

Watercolor Painting - A Great Method to Express Yourself

Water colors is a great way to bring your art. More attractive and promising color of the water quality and transparency. Watercolors to feel the light shining through the paint and paper themselves. Although the color of water, which consists mainly of paper, such as plastic, wood, cloth and leather, and other media are also used to color.

Watercolor painting is one of the most simple ways.

Between people and the general idea is that the water color pencil, easily and smoothly. However, the opposite is true, you care enough to make you draw water can not play any havoc on a piece of your watercolors. If you can avoid mistakes, and watercolor is all about you. Some artists make mistakes and correct, eliminate or add new layer of paint. This is why you should be more careful, and do any watercolor negligence in your work, you feel bad costs.

Choose a paper

Used to watercolor paper, it must be good material and high quality. Should paint a scene that you want, and choose the right time of the paper. You have the option to choose from, such as hot and cold quality watercolor paper. Watercolor on paper weight and large size is also very important, because these documents processing, and fiber, which reduces the ability to absorb moisture and paper. You have to stretch lighter paper before use to avoid wrinkling of the paper, when a wet brush in the contract.

Choose a watercolor

Before looking for the best paint water, you need to consider, if the painter is a professional artist or a student continues to learn the facts. If you are one who is familiar with watercolor artist, watercolor artists, is your best choice. Watercolor with artists, and you can choose the colors more vibrant. Although this is the best use of watercolor artists, but you can choose the color mix and balance.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

How To Watercolor

First of all I would like to say to you, and painting watercolors is more difficult in any other painting techniques. You must know this does not stop trying to control the water color gouache technique, because you're the most beautiful paintings around. Go and let your imagination and creativity guide you. Those watercolors you to the main painting, and painting techniques, like any other walk in the park.
Although in the beginning before Make sure you have the following watercolor art supplies around the local art store or from your favorite online store or paint supplies of water. You will need paper and watercolor paints and water (tube or plate just to make sure it is paint quality), and distilled water, and brush water color (best quality), and some you can not buy in a store of creativity.
And all the supplies you need does not mean there is nothing more understanding. You need some knowledge about how to watercolor techniques. You need to know what kind of paint to use. What type of paint and found some information about you from the basics of watercolor painting. If you're still just a coating for the use of any results you will be disappointing and was very impressive, but this painting paint a false choice ruin your painting.
There is also the option of watercolor paper, is that you can fight, and the best advice I can give here, try a few different types to see what is working best for you. Pen and paper and are usually very personal.
I suggest that you use distilled water, it does not contain any acid that your painting will not fade, due to the acid for some time. Most of the city's water contains chlorine and will disappear in the color of your painting.
As mentioned already watercolor brush is a personal matter, but most of the artists walk sable watercolor brush or squirrel hair brush and natural. May be a bit expensive, but worth it.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Art and Consciousness

What has art to do with consciousness? What is consciousness? What, for that matter, is art? Can I answer these questions in this web article? I actually think I can. I will do my best.

I suppose consciousness is easier to define than art. Some would disagree. Well, always. Right? I'll tell you, though: I wrote an article that I believed nailed it on what art was. I wrote this article on the website Helium. On this site, fellow writers rank the cogency of your article. Boy, it made my head spin how fast others started writing about the subject and quickly ranked my article as the least valuable of the lot. Which only goes to show me that nobody likes to be told what art is. Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that.

Well, be that as it may, I still believe I know what art is. Too bad if you don't like my definition. I've given the matter a LOT of thought - say, 35 or so years; actually, more. I've been thinking about art ever since I was a kid. I grew up in a family of artists. I'm 46.

Not every artist gives the matter - of what art is - a lot of thought. One artist, a film director, as I recall, on Terry Gross's Fresh Air radio program, claimed he didn't like to think about the creative process because it took out the mystery. I surely don't agree. I don't care how much I think about the process of making art: I'll never figure it out.

In another article, I wrote about how consciousness was the act of perceiving. I'll stand by that statement. If you want to know more about my definition, look up the article.

If you agree to the definition, I would think it would be easy to also agree that art is a form of consciousness, at least a record of it. In art, the artist perceives. He also creates. Creativity and perception are simultaneous, synchronous, and, to a large degree, analogous. I have said so in the article on Consciousness. That doesn't make it so. But, well, it is what I believe. We could argue. Let's not.

To perceive, you must create. To create, you must perceive. The artist painting a picture of his subject must perceive the subject. He does so through paint. That is, he redefines the subject using the medium of paint and its restructuring of reality according to its own order and hierarchies. The barn is going to look different through the eyes of a painter: Compare his perception to that of a scientist or engineer. We all see the barn differently. Two painters will not see the barn in the same way.

The way we structure reality is the way we perceive. It is also the way we create. What is art? It is a way that we communicate perception. It is also a way we record perception. Indeed, if we could not record information, could we perceive? Memory is fundamental to human perception. The records of perceptions are part of the information we must gather to achieve new perceptions. What is a new perception? I would say that all perceptions are new. If they are old, they are no longer perceptions.

The recording of a perception must be perceived again and again for it to function and for it to have meaning. Art works this way. Every viewer becomes a co-creator. You see the art differently from the way I see the art.

Let us say that the newness of perception, that is, the quality of a perception that makes it something new and fresh, is vision. An artist must have a vision. (Only one? At least one.) Giacometti said so. He's not the only artist to have made this statement in one way or another.

Thus, art symbolizes the newness quality of perception. Thus, artists are pioneers. They must be. And so they are.
By: Beau Smith

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Isn't Watercolors Hard?

It seems that each time I show my watercolor paintings at shows or events, someone will say to me, "Watercolors are hard."

I smile and ask, "Why do you say that?"

THE MYTH : There is a myth circulating that painting with watercolors is difficult. Why? Is it because watercolors can become uncontrollable and people tend to want to be in control? Is it the effects of the medium? Or, what, I do not know? This myth continues to fascinate me and who knows, maybe, someday, I will have an answer.

THE TRUTH : Watercolor painting is not unlike other disciplines. Whenever a person undertakes a new experience there seems to be a "training period" where learning and skills are acquired. At this stage in the game, most people seek out an experienced person who they admire and who possesses that which they would like to emulate. This is true with any endeavor, so why not watercolor painting?

What makes watercolors different? What makes them so different is that you never know what will happen. Are you a person who likes surprises? Watercolors will surprise you each and every time you paint. A colleague of mine has a favorite saying which is "Let's see what will show up when I paint today." It is absolutely fascinating what water and pigment will do. To repeat an effect is challenging or not possible. Each time it is unique.

There are established techniques for watercolors as with any other art medium. These skills are helpful yet not necessary to express your self in watercolors. Many artists, and I believe everyone is an artist at heart, freely paint and allow what appears to tell them where to go or what to do next. Sometimes "what is" can be pleasing by itself. There are NO RULES! It is my belief that artistic expression lies in all of us and requires only a sense of trust and the freedom to allow the flowing for magic to happen.

A favorite way I freely express myself with watercolors is to paint Mandalas. Basically, painting within a circle, a mandala, creates a meditative state whereby a person freely paints anything they wish. In my experience sharing mandala painting with students, we have witnessed an array of all beautiful, unique mandala creations.

The one thing that sets watercolors apart from other painting media is that it is a spontaneous method. First impressions are vital. You cannot go back and change it, or rarely. This might be a little intimidating to people, yet it can be very refreshing, too. I have found that my favorite paintings have had this light, first impression touch which magically flows, no effort. It is just there.

Not every piece is a masterpiece. Of course, there is always more paper. I must admit that I have turned less successful paintings into new paintings with collage. Watercolor paintings are full of happy accidents. You will never know what to expect and this is the nature of watercolors and most likely fuels the myth.

ARTISTIC EXPRESSION: The fun of creating is what it we are all about, right? It is our connection with our soul. I feel as if I learn everyday when I sit down to create a watercolor painting. Watercolors change, I change, the subjects change. People tend to avoid change because it requires letting go of external layers of beliefs. Maybe the myth is true that watercolors are difficult, what do you think?
By: Joanne Osband

Acrylic

You should know this with acrylic paints for painting. We know that they will save you time and money, or even your sanity.

1. Buy good quality brushes. You will find yourself struggling with cheap brushes. Quality brush stand up better when the period of time in the water.

2. Remember, very fast drying acrylic. In my opinion this is the process of artistic creation, but the disadvantage if the paint starts to dry to take advantage of the possession. Always replace the tube top. You should also keep useful to keep the panel wet paint.

3. Acrylic paint water-based, which means that it can clean brushes with soap and water. You can use plain soap, but I recommend washing with soap specially made brush. You should brush between projects in the habit of cleaning. Do not let them soak in water for several days at a time.

4. Do not let the brush on the paint dry. I have saved the situation after a brush or two, but it is not easy. Get in the rinse, then brush the paint shop, and I was a dish of shallow water on their side to avoid damage to the bristles of the habit.

5. Buy a slab of plastic guard. GK panel color moist, and stop the paint to dry. This is like painting your Tupperware. When you do a meeting, simply mist the top of the painting and replacement of all. When used on the drawing boards on paper, stored in a Zip lock bag of large, small items.

6. And placed in a palette of colors in the same location each time you draw the habit. After the child, and will be put color where your instinctive habits.

7. Do not use more than oil paint acrylic paint. Hear the long-term oil and water do not mix. Thus, acrylic resin, water-based paint does not adhere to oil-based. Acrylic surface and not to cling to oil-based.

8. One of the things I have is they like the acrylic multi-functional. Paintings using acrylic water to look at the thin layer. Just add water and you have acrylic paint watercolor paint.

9. Will apply a thick coating of acrylic on canvas painting give the appearance of the fabric surface. Prospects for the application of thick coating material to give the depth of the painting was not completed.

10. You can purchase a variety of media, and acrylic acid to obtain different results. Glaze medium help to bring about the effects of water. Gel medium and texture. Media organizations to add additional paste, paint, and make your painting come to life.

Book by Nancy Reyner 'New Tricks and techniques for Working with the World's Most Versatile'reveals the power of this medium 

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Premixed paint : Advantages and Disadvantages

There are many artists on whether the lead to premix the colors on the panel or 'group', and then draw a panel of strong opinions. First, acute otitis media does not mean that the paint from scratch, but for some colors, or even only one, after, Äôve determine what work will be the main colors. Then, you do not, Ali Osman of the process of mixing colors to deal with these paintings. For example, if you are apple green in the incidence of still life painting, you can mix a large amount of green you are, Äôve decide to use, so you throughout the process, and laid to rest. I do not, in a letter to the law have strong feelings one way or another, and behind this, but here are some of the advantages and disadvantages of mixing your own color:


Advantages: It can be easier to maintain and because of you, Äôll always start with the same color, and color can be reduced or set the color of dark areas of paint before the main mixed to create a constant value.


Disadvantages: The picture you see are mainly on the recognition, and color is changing rapidly and dramatically. Has accepted the use of colors mixed makes it difficult to resolve changes the color of the light and delicate that occur.


Career: you do not, Ali Osman to control or to return to square one every time you run the color. Mixing means that you can stay in the implementation does not attempt to re-establish the color, you, Äôve out of your vision and focused.


Disadvantages: can be a variety of colors premixed crutches. May be hard to stick with the colors around, rather than adapt to the mixing seen.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Sign With A Lasting Impression

The final stroke an artist adds to his work is the signature. It is important part of the creative process and not should be casual after thought. Your signature will live with your work for its duration. It give value to your art.
Evaluate the placement of your signature within your painting. Also, consider the style with which you make your mark. Size is a factor; a signature that is too large will distract from the art.