Tuesday 29 July 2014

All About Abstract Watercolor Painting

By Sharron Cantu


Abstract art is treated as an important genre since the last century. It is a very interesting medium which was firstly introduced by the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. He discovered that sometimes shapes and colours can be descriptive and they do not require any sort of definition. Since then this form of art is very popular and especially abstract watercolor painting.

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced artist, once you get familiar with the basics you can make an excellent watercolour painting all by yourself. It depends on your ability that how you combine the abstract art with other elements in an artistic way to create something interesting and unique in nature. There are no hard and fast rules that you have to follow.

Post Renaissance movements namely, Fauvism, Cubism and Impressionism are said to be depicted through abstract watercolour paintings. The essence followed by abstract art is that it is not important too choose a specific shape or matter to paint because you can come up with something that is shapeless but still it means something.

History reveals that water colours were frequently used during the Renaissance and Medieval times. They were extremely popular at that time and there were many famous artists who used this medium as a form of expression. World famous British, American and other artists belonging to various other countries used this medium very fondly.

The reason why it is the most favoured medium is on account of there is a boundless space for improvising. It is your decision, how you utilize colours. Your aptitudes, capabilities and your creative ability identifies how you use this particular medium. If you paint spontaneously the more mainstream you get, everything relies on what you underscore on.

Numerous specialists accepted that water colour is simply a little medium and there is very little degree as to communicating your creative ability. This is the fundamental explanation for the way that you won't see any well known watercolour paintings made by a percentage of the world acclaimed specialists. Anyhow, there are specialists who have done amazingly well in restoring this medium and making it as imaginative as could be expected under the circumstances and these craftsmen incorporate Paul Jenkins and Sam Francis.

You don't have to be a professional artists you use this medium for creating paintings. You may not develop artistic skills but its a medium that you can use to express your imaginations and thoughts. Good paintings are an excellent way of decorating your walls because they look pleasing and add a peaceful atmosphere.

It is really important that you choose the right kind of paints as well as paint brushes and other important and related accessories because if you use low quality paints, the paint strokes will appear uneven and it will look very untidy.




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