Drawing and Painting Articles
13. Avoid Disappointment And Frustration With Good Basic Watercolors!
Recently, I was criticized for an incredibly simple 2 stage learn how to paint watercolors course. I hold my hand up high - the critic is absolutely right...
14. Draw And Paint Better Pictures... Give Them Character And Life!
Perfect paintings and drawings can look lifeless. As an artist searching for perfection don't miss the key ingredient to great art. The most important painting component is
15. How to Understand Color in Painting
Unlike some teachers of watercolor, I advise students to start painting as soon as a satisfactory drawing is completed. So let's start right in with a simple explanation of value and color.
16. Hints To Help You Paint
If you are going to paint a child one to three years old there is little help which anyone can give you. It is possible to get such a child's attention for only seconds at a time. You will need to use certain techniques and this article will help you with some of them.
17. Bringing Your Watercolor To Life
Have you ever wanted to improve your painting abilities? This article will help you to increase your knowledge about how to paint beautiful nature.
18. Creating a Masterpiece
One of the advantages of watercolor painting is that it calls for but little in the way of equipment. We shall consider briefly the materials needed before you can start to work. By following these few simple pieces of advice, you will be well on your way to creating your own masterpiece.
19. Form and Features in Portrait Painting Explained
In portrait painting there is the matter of representing the human features: notably the eye, ear, nose and mouth. Of these, the easiest to do are usually the ear and the nose.
20. How to Understand the Qualities of Color
Let us consider color as an artist sees and uses it. Color has three main qualities: hue, value and intensity.
21. Materials Required For Portrait Painting Explained
The materials needed by the beginner for portrait painting are but few, but these should be of excellent quality and carefully selected. The materials required are: a canvas, a selection of brushes, linseed oil and of course a wide selection of paints. Once you have these materials you are ready to go.
22. The Equipment Required For Mechanical Drawing
As a beginner you need only the bare essentials; and there is no need to buy the very highest grade instruments until you are thoroughly familiar with their use. Here is a complete list of first essentials for everyone who is going to do mechanical drawing.
23. Materials Required For Watercolor Painting
My attitude toward materials may be summed up by paraphrasing the old adage that just as you can't be a good carpenter without good tools, so you can't be a good watercolorist without good materials.
24. Using Watercolor Instead Of Oil
Although watercolor painting is many centuries old, its application as we know it today is fairly recent. Used in the past by the Egyptians on papyrus and by the Chinese on silk, it gradually evolved to become an important medium on paper.
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