Avoid Disappointment And Frustration With Good Basic Watercolors!
submitted: 2008-04-12 19:40:14 |
by: MichaelDale
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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...
It was aimed at artist beginners who wanted to learn to paint without having to learn to draw first. This meant that although they may not be too good at drawing, they could still get started painting. Painting landscapes, still-life painting, portraits and mechanical objects can come later.
There are 2 reasons to go right back beyond the basics of painting watercolors...
1. It is a good idea to learn how to paint before painting a Mona Lisa
2. It is a good idea to go back to first principles when your paintings are going wrong
Occasionally, there are lucky people who don't have any problems. They pick up a box of paints and a brush and easily paint their first watercolor painting. The minority of people who don't struggle with painting are fortunate indeed.
On the other hand, most of us aren't blessed with such talents...
* It isn't so easy to learn how to paint watercolor well
* It can seem almost impossible to paint a good watercolor picture
It isn't hard to find every brush mark on your painting turns into an awful mess. As you find your watercolor washes flooding uncontrollably, it is easy to create a nightmare of badly blended color.
Soon your grand art ideas can be transformed into a horrible muddy mess. You are lost, unless you understand how watercolor paints flow across your paper...
* When you look you can see how color is carried by water on watercolor paper
* You need to understand that a wash that isn't fully dry will be wrecked when the next color wash is painted
* You need to know how to get different color intensity and tone from a single color before you try to add another color to the equation
There is great sense in the old saying... "Don't run before you can walk"
Watercolor painting can quickly convince you that you have no artistic talent. It can make you look like you have no painting skills. It is a shame to become disheartened when your watercolors go wrong.
Which do you think is better?
"Frustration and disappointment from failure... or a fundamental knowledge of how simple and easy watercolor painting really works?"
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