11/10/2013

A Few Tips New Landscape Water Color Artists Can Find Beneficial

By Katy Kline


One of the greatest challenges to new artists is the ability to channel out their creativity. It is difficult for new water color artists to paint from their soul right from start. Their minds at this point are full of painting techniques and systems, and this result in damping creativity. Knowing the techniques is crucial, but drawing should be guided by creative imagination.

Observing the thing you wish to paint is important whenever you want to paint anything. Internalization of your subject is one thing you have got to do. Taking your time to visit inspiring places helps you a lot. It makes painting your vision on the paper less daunting task.

Visiting the place you would like to paint is greatly encouraged. As you do this, do not miss to take with you drawing papers, pencils and eraser. Beginning by drawing sketches of that area features among easier ways of scene internalization. Doing this helps you to develop a mental image. As a result, it becomes easy to paint this image onto the painting paper from your head.

One helpful tool that you can carry is a camera. Photos of the area can be of great help, providing the template of that which you wish to paint. In order to get a holistic overview, the photos should capture different angles and distances. As you make your way back you will have the photographs and the sketches to use.

On location watercolor painting may appear challenging especially to starters. Occasionally, you may even feel like the view is constantly changing. On certain occasions, painting paper must be at particular angles or even always having measuring saturation of the paper with water paint. To solve these challenges, as a beginner you should try not to paint complex locations. You can attempt harder tasks gradually as your skills improve.

When painting on site, you do not have to ferry your whole studio to the location. This is something most beginners are not aware of. They end up carrying many types of equipment which they do not need. The extra tools end up becoming a nuisance.

You have to be aware that things are very unpredictable outdoors. A sunny day can turn into a rainy one in an instant. As such, you have to up your accuracy and painting speed. Get all the blocks first and then fill in the finer details. Most painters begin with the sky as the first block. It is usually paler then the other parts of the painting. This allows you to move from light to darker parts. The sky also determines how the other parts will be painted.

The objects in the foreground require fine detail. However, avoid the temptation to paint all minute details. It will take you a lot of time, and also draw away attention from the areas you wish to highlight. With all these considerations taken in, one thing you should not forget to use is creativity and imagination. Water color artists will always find these tips beneficial when doing landscape painting.




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