2/24/2013

A Fun Way Of Creating An Abstract Watercolor Painting

By Janette Barnes


People these days have a fast paced lifestyle and with this comes stress. It is hard to unwind without knowing what to do and where to start. Despite all this, more people have come up with solutions on how to relax. Some depend on music in keeping themselves entertained while some people go to cinemas. However, there is a traditional way that is still done by a lot of people these days and that is painting. One art form that can be enjoyed by anyone is abstract watercolor painting.

For beginners, abstract art is a form that does not require anything from reality in depicting images. Famous artists that made this form popular in the twentieth century were Jackson Pollock and Piet Mondrian. The artists were able to show their emotion with use of different colors and techniques, from using the splatters and geometry in their paintings.

With a variety of techniques applied by abstract painters, one is quite popular and it is watercolor painting. The use of watercolors is deemed to be one of the effective ways in successfully portraying emotions of an artist. Moreover, it is still popular until now because it is manageable to use and it is a good medium in displaying the creativity of an artist.

A person does not have to exhibit exceptional skills in making an abstract painting using watercolors. Although there are other materials one can use, the usage of watercolors is easier in expressing thoughts. Follow the steps given and you will have your own masterpiece in no time.

To start, one must prepare a watercolor paper, watercolor and a brush, masking tape, rubber cement, a hair dryer and a pen. Use the tape in sticking the watercolor paper on a flat surface. However, you might have a problem taking off the tape later which can ruin your paper, so a trick has to be done.

Find a cloth and stick the tape on it before you tape it on the paper. After doing this, the tape will not hold much longer than before which makes it easier to come off a little later. Continue with the next step wherein you have to select at least three colors that you to use to obtain the best results.

Once you have picked your colors, use the rubber cement by putting globs of it on paper. Dry if off using the blow dryer. After the rubber cements dries off, you may now continue painting them over with the watercolor. Go over the globs and paint as many times as you like.

When you are done with the steps, all you need to do now is to do the same process again as many times as you want. Do the splatting of rubber cement and continue painting it with your chosen colors until you create layers. If you have enough layers that you want, you may now rub off the globs of rubber cement with your fingers. Once you will see some patterns that is the moment that you can outline them with your pen.

When talking about masterpieces, it does not really have to be difficult and costly. Just make sure to be positive and prepare in advance. If you have the right attitude to do it, then you are ready to make your very own abstract watercolor painting.




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