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I recently posted a blog discussing the different steps I use to finish a painting. By using the steps, it often ends by producing more than one complete work of art for sale. This is the importance of making practice … Continue reading
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My latest inspiration is still a work in progress, however the painting is not only not forgotten, it’s beginning to take on a life of it’s own. It’s moving, it’s grooving, and it’s coming alive! Don’t get me wrong, it’s … Continue reading
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Whatever the comp0sition is, whether a landscape or a portrait, try painting it without applying middle values. If your painting uses shadows or shade, paint them black (nothing in the middle). If it is light, paint it white (nothing in … Continue reading
“Watercolor has an action all its own, it moves, it crawls, and it fights back.”~John Pike Instead of using the term technique one uses when painting transparent watercolor, it should be considered tricks. It’s hard pressed for one to learn … Continue reading
Feel free and let go when applying color~R. D. Burton You can bring almost any subject to life when using a wider vibrant range of colors than one would normally expect to see. Artwork that shows the use of a … Continue reading
Every watercolor artist experiments with different techniques and tools to gain knowledge to produce successful texture in their paintings. Transparent watercolors do not create natural texture as many other mediums do. Therefore, it is necessary for a successful water colorist … Continue reading
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As Artists, we sometimes lose the ability to paint as deliberately as normal when confronted with something appearing difficult or confusing, something we’re unable to interpret as shapes of color. For example, think of sunlight shining through a crystal vase. … Continue reading
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When a viewer looks at a painting, mostly what they see are color shapes on a two dimensional surface. Fortunately, color comes with three qualities: hues, value, and intensity. Most artists artist desire to represent their subject as a by … Continue reading
Posted in Art Tip, Artist, color, Light, painting, Shapes Tagged art, art information, Art Tip, artist, color, Lynn Burton, shape
In my paintings, I like to consider the different ways of leading the eye of the viewer with color and light. The unfinished painting on the left is one example of this. It shows the red umbrellas disappearing in the … Continue reading
Posted in color, Color Scheme, focal point, Light, painting, sunlight Tagged art, art information, color, focal point, light, painting, viewer’s attention
I prefer to use as limited a palette as possible, because it offers more flexibility in creating a range of colors by mixing. In the watercolor painting that is in a state of “work in progress,” I have several things … Continue reading