Selasa, 24 September 2013

The Work Of A Watercolorist

By Mia Kent


Watercoloring is definitely the most popular version of painting as well as the most fun to do. A painter who specializes in these types of paintings is called a watercolorist and makes use of the effects that water and paint produce when they are mixed together. If one is interested in taking up this art form, then here is an idea of what one do.

As a painter in this field, one will be making use of water all the time. He will have to learn the art of using the right amount of water as well as the right amount of paint in order to be able to create the right type of mix. So he must always have a continuous supply of water beside him while he paints.

When he is ready with his brushes, paints, and water supply, then the first step here is to wet the canvas. The primary reason for doing this would be to simply get the paper ready for the painting of the background. In order to do this, one must first get a big brush, dip that brush into some water, and just simply smear the water all over the paper.

Once one has done this, then the next step would be to paint the background of the painting. The first thing to do here would be to get some paint and start mixing it will a significant amount of water. If one would paint with this type of mix, then there will be a fading effect that is produced.

Once this is done, the painter must now allow his picture to dry up a little bit before he proceeds to the next step. The reason why he must do this is so that the next layer that he will paint over the background will not run and drip. Also, it will look much nicer when it has already dried up.

After the background has already dried up, then now would be the right time to paint the actual picture on top of the background. As compared to the painting of the background, now one will be using only a little bit of water and more paint. The technique here would be to first put paint on the brush and then dip it in a little bit of water.

An option in this step would be to experiment with different color shades and color combinations in order to create a more dynamic effect on the painting.. In order to create a light shade, then he has to make use of a lot water. The opposite is done for darker colors where in one has to use a little bit of water only.

So basically, those are the steps that a watercolorist would take when he would be making his portrait. Now take note that these are the most basic techniques that every watercolor artist must already know. As he progresses with the art, then he will be learning more advanced sweeping and color mixing techniques.




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