Watercolor Painting Tips & Articles
Welcome to the Watercolor Painting section of CreativeSpotlite.com. On the following pages you will find an awesome selection of step by step watercolor painting demonstrations, techniques and tips that I am certain you will find enjoyable. The watercolor instruction on the following pages has been generously donated by professional artists from all over the world. We are most grateful for their generosity and we hope you enjoy! Happy watercolor painting! |
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Tips For Painting Buildings in Watercolor
Painting buildings with watercolor can be both fun and challenging. Getting the perspective correct is very important. If it is off, everyone will notice. If it is just right, it will be taken for granted... but that's ok! A good way to see the angles of your subject, is to refer to the large hand of your watch. Try corresponding the roofline of your building with the similar looking "time" on your watch. For example the pitch of the roof may look like "twenty past" the hour. In other words the angle made by the large hand at twenty past the hour, resembles that of the roof. If the large hand of the watch points at the number five on your watch, or twenty-five past the hour, it would correspond with a steeper pitched roof. A nearly flat roof would resemble the hand of your watch pointing at the number three. This is a very useful tool when painting plein air. It's helpful in approximating the angles of a building, then transferring this information to your paper.
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Watercolor Technique - A Time Worn Provencal Window
I happened across a wonderful window as I wandered the cobbled streets of one of my favorite ancient Provencal villages: Saint Paul de Vence. The decaying shutters and time-worn paint on the windows spoke to me of the rustic character so very evident in this evocative part of the world.
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Removing Your Stretched Painting From Gator Board
These simple instructions will allow you to remove your stretched painting from Gator Board and leave your board without any damage:Ensure your painting is bone dry first. Take a look around your tape to see if you can find an area where there may be a slight lift/air space in the area where the tape meets the watercolor paper? I use a kitchen knife that has a strong but thin blade. Holding a knife at an angle to ensure you don't pierce the board too - simply pierce a small hole so you can gently slide the knife underneath the watercolor paper. Ensure your knife is held as flat to the board as possible so you don't disturb the surface of the board - of course.
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Technique of Watercolor Painting WC02 WATER
Water in watercolor painting technique is of equal importance to the pigment. Water is not just medium to make the pigment flow during application but an integral part of the pigment itself when applied and on drying leaves a permanent record of its former presence.
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Watercolour Painting Techniques - Top Five Tips and Tricks
Watercolour painting techniques sound like a dull and boring subject but they really do not need to be so. A little imagination and you can have great deal of fun and pleasure as you learn to paint with watercolours. This article will show you some great methods which are certainly not boring! However, they can produce great results for you and create finished works that you will want to show off to your family and friends. Want to have some great fun painting? Then read this article.
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Watercolor Lessons - What Inspires You?
What is it about a painting that inspires you to take up your brush, or urges you to seek out watercolor lessons? Do you feel a rush of excitement when you open the latest issue of your favorite artist' magazine. Does a shaft of light falling across a still-life fire your imagination? Have you ever wandered through a gallery and found a piece of art that 'touches' you so much that you feel 'emotion'?
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Watercolor Lesson - Painting From Your Soul
My style of painting is all about feeling - emotion. It's about capturing that magical moment in time when the truth and sheer beauty of nature makes you catch your breath. You know the one - I think as artists, we have all experienced it. You wander around a garden, your eye is attracted to a flicker of light and you see - for a moment - an enchanting radiance as the light dances across the surface of a petal or glows luminously through a leaf. And you know that you have to capture that joy in your work.
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Watercolor Techniques – Learn How To Paint with Watercolors
Watercolor painting is a very exciting medium. It’s easy to get started. All you really need is some paint, a few brushes, some water and paper and you are good to go. It is one of the most convenient painting mediums in existence to day. It is no wonder why it is such a popular option for beginners. Of course, you are going to need some advice and direction in order to get started, so I put together this post that covers some of the more basic watercolor techniques.
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Introduction To Watercolor Painting Techniques
This article will provide you with a general understanding of some of the more basic watercolor painting techniques.
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Sealing and Varnishing Watercolor Paintings Done on Canvas
You have two choices when you paint in watercolors on an alternate support such as clayboard or watercolor canvas: you can frame behind glass as with a traditional watercolor, taking the same precautions that the painting itself does not come into direct contact with the glass and that there is a space between the artwork and the glass or you can seal your work and frame as an oil or acrylic painting...
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Painting your Way Forward!
Painting is just a leisure activity , so its a waste of time! Thats what most people tend to think. But is it really?