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WATERCOLOR PAINTING (ART) sa BOTANICAL DRAWING & PAINTING -- WATERCOLOR PAINT sa GOUACHE PAINTING sa LANDSCAPE & NATURE DRAWING & PAINTING -- WATERCOLOR PAINT sa PORTRAIT DRAWING & PAINTING -- WATERCOLOR PAINT sa STILL LIFE DRAWING & PAINTING -- WATERCOLOR PAINT sa WATERCOLOR PAINT (ART) sa WATERCOLOR PAPER (ART) xx DRAWING & PAINTING Experiments with methods and tools to create shapes, designs and textures in watercolors. (1) Brayer. (2) Plastic wrap. (3) Tissue paper. (4) India ink. (5) Flipping. Tip: Using a microwave oven to dry watercolor paintings may harm the oven. Painting sun-bathed interiors. How to capture the drama and designs of light by clustering values and enhancing contrasts. Combining three watercolor techniques. (1) Painting one shape or subject at a time ("piecemeal"), (2) wet-into-wet and (3) glazing. Tips on a watercolorist's uses for rubber cement thinner to clean up the drawing, remove frisket, and to thin rubber cement for use as masking. Mixed-media illustrations. A description of Tom Gonzalez's techniques that combine pastel, watercolors and airbrush. How to fix a watercolor painting "disaster." Tips for removing or incorporating a blob of paint, for restoring white and for lightening areas. Also suggests how to improve a composition gone wrong, an area that has been overworked or muddied colors. Watercolor on a small scale. A look at some of the possibilities in both the sketching stage and for finished paintings. Tips on finding the "perfect" watercolor palette and brushes. How to convey moods and feelings in abstract paintings. Suggestions for building them in water media. Batik on paper. Non-traditional watercolor features white lines drawn with wax and colors added using either watercolor or acrylics. Problems with using rubber cement as a masking agent when working with watercolor noted. Includes tips on other possibilities. No-wax batik. Technique involves selective crumpling of Japanese paper and staining it with watercolor. Watercolor plus pastel. Tips on combining the two media to liven up contrasts and create dramatic color. Watercolor in a stick. How to get quick and easy watercolor effects with colored pencils. Painting humorous watercolors. The use of masking and fine spatter. Giving watercolors a lift. Bart Forbes explains his preparation for a painting and his subtractive techniques. Uncommon techniques include the use of illustration board, working on a dry surface, the use of large brushes, etc. Paintings with water media washes and spots of pastel. The use of mixed media to capture the story of horse races. Giving watercolor house portraits a human touch. How to capture the character of a building with a loose, free style. Tips for watercolorists on using rubber cement thinner to remove frisket (or masking) and for clean-up. Two ways to use sheet acetate for water media painting. (1) As a tool for testing new effects on another painting. (2) In multiple layers as a finished piece. How to restore a flat surface to a finished watercolor without ruining the painting. Techniques for painting with watercolor pencils. Includes tip on making a field palette by scrubbing pencils on a piece of paper. These colors can be dampened and used just as though they were wells of pan pigments. How to use a mouth atomizer to spray a soft, subtle look into a watercolor painting. Texture in watercolors with resist underprinting. Layered painting technique begins with linoleum-block resist that creates a pattern that shows through subsequent layers. Giving watercolor vignettes a finished feel. How to use white space around a subject to anchor and enhance a subject Spontaneous watercolor. Tips on using basic shapes and values, and a wet-into-wet approach. Making the most of colored pencils. Recommendations on pencil options, drawing surfaces, sharpening, erasing and preventing smudges. Includes examples of techniques, emphasizing three primary methods (transparent layering, burnishing and watercolor painting techniques). Breaking watercolor rules. How to enhance realism by bending the rules of design, development and detail. Some basic watercolor techniques for beginners and how to avoid common mistakes. Techniques for adding both the look and feel of texture to a painting. How to create watercolor paintings that have a soft, luminous look by using homemade watercolors and by lifting out highlights with wet cotton swabs. Tips for salvaging a watercolor after a washout or when a hue is too intense. Cultivating a carefree look. Two methods of watercolor painting to foster freshness and accuracy. From ho-hum to head-turning. A four-step process to create a watercolor painting that arouses the interest of a viewer and tells a story. Sculpting a watercolor. How to give your work the third dimension by making a clay model to capture the essential volumes. How to give watercolor paintings strength and spontaneity by using a painterly approach. Handling large watercolors with ease. How to take the hassles out of stretching the paper, painting and framing large-format watercolors. Liberate your palette. How to enliven watercolor art with brilliant "jewels" of color. Tricks with watercolor. (1) Painting on unstretched paper. (2) Mixed media. (3) Spatter. (4) Texturing with plastic wrap. (5) Fingerpainting. (6) Stamping or overprinting. (7) Resists. Power up watercolors. How to create intricate textures in watercolor paintings using a power sander and other techniques for burnishing the surface. Keeping a watercolor crisp. Advice on shaping the composition, keeping it clean, and adding texture and detail. Discover new freedom with watercolor. How a combination of transparent watercolor and opaque gouache can be used to create a painting with a lively approach and exuberant color. Paint intrigue into watercolors. How to play watercolor against flat acrylic in the same painting. Tips for watercolorists on selecting art supplies for traveling light. A primer on Oriental watercolor painting. Meet the wet-in-wet challenge. How to enjoy and control the spontaneous effects of watercolor washes on wet paper. Easy details in watercolor. How to create precise shapes and edges with offbeat watercolor tools. Secrets of painting glass. Tips on making dramatic watercolor paintings which include clear glass objects. Say goodbye to murky watercolors. Two keys for clear, sparkling color. The watercolorist's tool kit. The choice and care of paper, paint and brushes. Includes instruction for paper stretching and a guide to basic watercolor effects (washes on wet, damp and dry surfaces; a graded wash, glazing, wet-in-wet, wet-over-dry, drybrush, spattering, lifting, scraping and backruns,.) Secrets to successful watercolors. Tips on drawing, layering color and breaking rules. Adding the "extra" to everyday scenes with watercolor and drybrush. Tip describes how to sandpaper watercolor paintings to enhance textural effects. A cut-and-paint process that gives watercolors a crisp, new look. Building better watercolor paintings. A simple system for mastering the eight building blocks of painting and avoiding the most common problems. How to add color and texture to watercolor with spatter. Get glowing whites in watercolor. Three tips to filling paintings with light, depth and character. Spraying realistic watercolors. An introduction to manipulating watercolor using an airbrush. Ten artists share tips on watercolor technique. Basic preparation skills for planning a watercolor painting and avoiding "overkill". How a simple palette and subtle glazes can be used to make watercolors glow with light. Tips for watercolor painting on cigarette paper. Includes instruction for extracting cactus juice for use as an alternative to water. Building brilliant watercolors. Purple underpainting is used to establish composition and values. This is then topped with glazes of color that cause the purple to "disappear." How to produce paintings that "glow." Exercises in monoprint, watercolor and oils demonstrate how to "pull light" from a dark ground. A checklist for a portable watercolor setup that can be carried in a large fanny pack and weighs about four pounds. Pouring watercolors, a description of a technique that combines spontaneity and creativity. Experimenting with different kinds of water media in multimedia works. Five artists describe their use of inks, powdered dyes, gesso, watercolor crayon, airbrush, acrylic, pastel, gouache, and silver powder. Tip for building very deep, dense hues in watercolor. Suggestions on how to fill watercolors with action, life and drama. Advice on combining watercolor and pastel. Creating texture in watercolors. An explanation of how to create a stippled effect by hatching and crosshatching over watercolor washes. How to paint watercolors with gusto. Descriptions on making a rough sketch, an experimental color sketch and then the final painting. An explanation of standards for lightfastness of artists' watercolors and advice on precautions to avoid unnecessary fading and bleaching. Keys to commanding light. Watercolor techniques that create rich contrasts with strong areas of light and shadow. Capture the mystery of light. Five ways to build mood, drama and intensity in watercolor paintings. How quick sketches done on site can combine with abstraction to create brilliant watercolors. Tips for turning a less-than-perfect watercolor into a success through the addition of new color or removing existing color. A simple approach to sketching and painting a watercolor in about an hour. How to integrate layers in a watercolor painting. (1) "Soup up" watercolors using lightly tinted water as an underground to unify the composition. (2) "Carve" shapes that come forward or recede. (3) Blur edges to make distinction between foreground, middle ground and background less distinct. How to give watercolors strength and harmony by pushing the possibilities of just a few colors. Five keys to handling the sparkling whites that make watercolor paintings sing. A streamlined approach to producing a batch of watercolor hand-painted note cards. Suggestions on ways to use spongework in watercolor paintings. Combining pastel and watercolor on sanded watercolor paper for maximum effect. How to "take control" of watercolor. Describes editing composition, limiting the palette, and seven techniques for building the image. Depicting weathered wood in watercolors. Tips show how to render old siding, suggest moss on a tree, aging paint on wood, a lichen-covered tree and tree trunks. Think big, start small. How to make preliminary watercolor sketches. Includes basic rules for composition. Tips on how to use varigated washes. A lesson on keeping values consistent in a watercolor painting. Examples of watercolor techniques to create varied foliage effects. A practical approach to pointillism in watercolor. How to use masking and spattering to create the effect. Tips on common methods for saving white spots in watercolor paintings and a few methods for regaining highlights in previously painted areas. Watercolor composition that leads viewers to the center of interest. The use of washes that create a glow through the final colors. Tips for watercolorists on what can be done with the round brush. Several watercolor tricks that use various types of colored resists and liquid mask to suggest sharp accents of contrasting color or fine lines of light. Three-step process for doing simple watercolor sketches in 15 minutes. Intensify spatial relationships in watercolor paintings. Tips on variation of edges, overlapping of forms and consistent value changes. Handling backlit subjects in watercolor paintings. Rules for rendering cast shadows and advice on integrating the background. Make your colors move. How to build energetic watercolors by limiting your palette and controlling color temperature. Trying out drybrush. Basic techniques noted. Moving beyond the brush. A description of brush-free water media techniques. Painting figures with impact. How to combine simplified forms and economical brushwork to create a watercolor painting with figures that tell a story. Tips on transparent glazing in watercolors. Transforming the ordinary. Secrets for turning reference photos into warm, inviting watercolor scenes. Tips on using variations of the liner brush with watercolors. Painting with sponges to bring texture to watercolors. Save your whites. Two simple approaches that help preserve light areas on watercolor paper. Ten tips for adding tantalizing texture and character to water media paintings. Expanding the watercolor repertoire of the flat brush. Close in on your subjects. Discover the subtleties of painting close-focus watercolor scenes. Watercolor texture tip that uses aluminum foil. Incorporating expressive color wisely in watercolor paintings. How to use light and apply color consistently while varying shapes. Painting with confidence. How to give watercolor subjects a stronger look by combining them with gouache. Adding the feeling of weight, power and drama to watercolors by using acrylic or gouache and Caran D'Ache crayons. Wet-into-wet. Tips on producing diffused effects in watercolor paintings. Don't be afraid of the darks. How to create lively, vibrant darks in watercolor. How to render realistic transparent objects in watercolor. Getting the light right. How to energize watercolor landscapes with a subtle approach to re-creating the effects of sunlight. How to use stencils as a source of interesting shapes in a watercolor. Building a studio without walls. A guide to equipment and working methods for painting with watercolors outdoors. Clean up your color. Simple secrets to produce vibrant, clean watercolor paintings. Five simple techniques for applying resists in watercolors. Tip on a method for handling water when painting with watercolors outdoors. An exercise in color value is taught by rendering a watercolor painting with a monochromatic color scheme. Little bits of color, lots of mood. How to preserve the whites in a watercolor painting. Getting the scoop on scumbling, a technique that can work in oil, watercolor or acrylic in which a semi-transparent layer of color is brushed over a darker layer of dry paint. Watercolor 101. A primer on basic tools and techniques. Covers brushes, paper surfaces, stretching watercolor paper, choosing your essential paint colors, filling a palette, applying paint to paper, wet-into-wet vs. wet-into-dry methods, keeping whites bright, and learning to view values. A fresh look at stamping. Tips on some ways to use the technique to create interesting effects in watercolor art. Revising watercolor tradition. A dark-to-light approach to watercolor that can be used to build deeper, more clearly defined images. How to create realistic textural effects in a watercolor painting by using a few simple tools and techniques. A technique for applying transparent watercolor washes. Creating form with glazes. Technique to build deeper, richer watercolors. Glazing basics. A simple, two-pronged approach to creating watercolors with vigorous, glowing colors. Breaking the watercolor taboo of opaque white. Five tips for using it. Using variation to add interest to a watercolor painting. Advice on creating depth with shadows, interest by varying color temperature and using light placement to establish a focal point. Gearing up for the great outdoors. An introduction to the supplies needed to paint in oil or watercolor outdoors. An alternative approach to watercolor that involves building up areas of thick, opaque hues. Scratching out the details. How to use sgraffito to create special effects in a watercolor painting. Express yourself with light. A value-based approach to watercolor paintings. The watercolor technique of lifting color described. Aspiring to new heights. The techniques of four master watercolor painters. John Singer Sargent, J.M.W. Turner, John Martin, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler's techniques examined. Spattering. How to energize watercolors with this basic, easy-to-master technique. Unexpected color. Four ways to inject rich color into watercolor paintings. Personalizing your pallet. Five watercolorists explain how they make color work for them and how you can make it work for you. We love Mom! picture to paint in watercolor in a simplified Southwestern theme shows a mother giving her daughter a hug for the handmade heart she holds in her hand. Can also be painted on the cover of a purchased canvas note pad cover. How to paint a watercolor of "Journey's End", a picture of a sailboat silhouetted against the water, the setting sun, and an island or cove. Watercolor instructions for painting a woodland barn scene. Watercolor wet-into-wet painting technique and tips for mastering it. A watercolor painting lesson on using four techniques (dry-on-dry, wet-on-dry, dry-into-wet, wet-into-wet) to paint a rustic barn. Tips on ways to transfer a design to watercolor paper. Bringing the white out. How to keep watercolor paintings bright with a simple masking technique. How to add texture to watercolor paintings using sponges, paper imprints and soft color washes. An explanation of how to lift color off watercolor paintings to create realistic textures such as wood grains and cracking paint. Pointers on using frisket to mask out white areas when painting with watercolors. How to recreate textures in watercolor paintings by building up layers of glazes and by lifting color. Specific instructions are given for mossy rocks, a rusty hinge and textured tree trunk. Watercolor painting uses dark accents on top of light glazes of pale color to create a feeling of brilliant color for both floral painting and a cityscape. How to capture the look of realistic lighting by placing shadows and highlights in believable patterns. An explanation of how careful handling of lines creates interest in watercolor paintings. Tricks and techniques for capturing underwater textures in a watercolor painting of two fancy goldfish. A lesson in how to use alcohol spattering, rock salt and bruising techniques. Advice on paints, paper, brushes and palette for the beginning watercolorist. Less is more. How to create beautiful watercolor compositions with just a few colors. Tip explains how the crawling technique is used to create a mottled look in a painting done in waterbased paint. Glorious Morning. Picture of a birdhouse wrapped with a morning glory vine is painted using fabric paints in place of watercolors. Beginner to intermediate skill level. | |||||||||
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