Friday 27 September 2013

What A Watercolorist Actually Does

By Mia Kent


Watercoloring is definitely the most popular version of painting as well as the most fun to do. A painter who specializes in these types of paintings is called a watercolorist and makes use of the effects that water and paint produce when they are mixed together. If one is interested in taking up this art form, then here is an idea of what one do.

As a painter in this field, one will be making use of water all the time. He will have to learn the art of using the right amount of water as well as the right amount of paint in order to be able to create the right type of mix. So he must always have a continuous supply of water beside him while he paints.

When he is ready with his brushes, paints, and water supply, then the first step here is to wet the canvas. The primary reason for doing this would be to simply get the paper ready for the painting of the background. In order to do this, one must first get a big brush, dip that brush into some water, and just simply smear the water all over the paper.

Once one has done this, then the next step would be to paint the background of the painting. The first thing to do here would be to get some paint and start mixing it will a significant amount of water. If one would paint with this type of mix, then there will be a fading effect that is produced.

Once the background has already been painted, then the thing to do here would be to allow the canvas to dry up a little bit. Now if he would paint over a wet canvas, there is a big possibility that the newly added paint will get too wet and start running. Other than that, the background will look better once it dries.

After the drying of the canvas, the next step would now be to create the actual picture. Now this will be the part of the process where in one will be playing around with the amount of water that will be used. So the first step would be to scoop some paint with the brush, dip a little bit of water into it, then paint it on the background.

An option in this step would be to experiment with different color shades and color combinations in order to create a more dynamic effect on the painting.. In order to create a light shade, then he has to make use of a lot water. The opposite is done for darker colors where in one has to use a little bit of water only.

So basically, those are the steps that a watercolorist would take when he would be making his portrait. Now take note that these are the most basic techniques that every watercolor artist must already know. As he progresses with the art, then he will be learning more advanced sweeping and color mixing techniques.




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