Water color Tutorials by Miss Alina khan |
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| Water colors medium is very simple and safe,its pigment does not waste Brushes,dress,walls,carpet and hands of the .painters,Every one of us,kids adults,or people of any age can learn this,Though a good drawing is essential,but one can learn abstract expression paintings,which require less good drawing.Water colors paintings look always very bright & fresh.With the help of step by step paintings one can learn all steps(A2z) of painting: Materials required is watercolor paper,(This paper look like a white bloting paper)handcrafted paper is considered best,if you look minutely,the surface of the paper, look rough , tiny natural groves emboss in it,which further absorb watercolor effects unevenly.3B pencil, Eraser, Brushes size 6 and 8, watercolors ,scheme:ultramarine, cerulean, blue, raw sienna, cadmium yellow, burnt sienna, Paine's gray, palette (where colors are mixed) water jar . and water tissues,cotton buds, a sharp blade or a sharp edge scraper. Now soak the water color paper say (A1 size ) in water just dip and drag out instantly, fix the wet paper on a drawing board, remove wrinkles if any, or dab of entire suface of paper gently with the help of some crumpled tissue.make sure no air bubble sandwiched between paper and drawing board, fix paper pins on four corners of the paper, fix waterglue tape on the edges of the paper, which further grip the paper tightly and seal air entry beneath the paper. Let the paper dry, now it looks level and as tight as skin on beating drum. Move down: |
| Draw up the outlines of the scene using a soft 3B pencil |
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Paint the sky area using a size 8 round brush paint the sky with the washes of ultra marine and cerulean blue dab of the wet paint with crumpled tissue for clouds. |
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| Paint in the shadows under the clouds with raw sienna while still damp. |
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When a paint is dry makes up some cadmium yellow with your size 6 round brush paint the hills.While the paint is still very wet ,mix up some serulean blue and paint the color over the top of the cadmium yellow |
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| Use the same brush paint the lakeusing a mix of ultra marine with cadmium yellow . |
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In the foreground of the lake use a mix of raw sienna and ultra Marian dabbing the color on with the brush |
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| With a mixer of raw sienna and ultra Marian in the foreground with your size 6 round brush if small area white paper are left showing throughout the paint ,all the better.Happy accidents are good for water color painting. |
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After the paint has dried use a hair dryer to dry the process,mix up some raw sienna and a dab of ultra Marian dip your size 6 round brush and then remove excess water from the brush ,with an almost dry brush and using rough stabbing strokes paint in the long thin blades of grass. |
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| When the paint has dried ,paint the trees with a mixture of burnt sienna and Payne's Grey.Let the paint of the white areas with the tip of a cotton bird. |
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Paint in the shadows on the trees using a size 6 brush with burnt sienna. |
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| When the paint is dry use sharp scrapper gently scrach away the paint to form the reflections in the lake. |
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With the tip of the blade scratch away the forground to suggest the grass and the grain texture of the trees. |
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| Complete the painting by scratching away highlights on the grass in the immigrate foreground .Use long swiping strokes to mirror the free ,slashing marks of the brush strokes. |
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Enjoy
the final image of the water color ,see how
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| The technique of scrapping out is well worth practicing until you feel confident in using it it is very essential technique that add a texturally quality to your paintings. Water colorTechniques ,tips by Alina Naseem Khan ,contents courtesy:by Joan curtis | |||
Art material stores karachi Fine art students in Pakistan/Karachi,may find all art material under one roof, Ask K.B Sarkar Art material store. Sadar.. or Nazar brothers(Allah wali chorangi pechs) Tel 4551530-4533197....Ask special water color paper,(hand crafted if any) I use heavy weight paper.water colors of winsor n newton ,China are as good as other brand ,Guitar colors of japan is good also. I use Reeves watercolor tablets of France(Market information Naseem) |
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collage is an arrangement of fragements of objects or materials that are glued to a
background to form an artistic composition.Because of the simplicity of collage,any one
can produce a potential masterpiece.All you need a collection of old or new postal
stamps,Bus tickets,cuttings from magazine,newspapers,etc. |
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| This collage By Alina khan,within 30 minutes | ||
