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Art Tips: Steps for Preparing Substrate for Painting

Here are a few helpful tips to prepare a substrate for a painting. If it is to be a watercolor, which I am planning in the case of this painting, it is necessary to be extremely cautious. This is a … Continue reading →

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Tip: How to Use Spattering Wisely for Texture

When you flick paint from a brush onto a painting, it is spattering. This is done to create texture in your painting, and if done in moderation, it can add additional entertainment as well as give an impressionistic effect. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Tips to Create The Special Magic of Watercolors

When painting with watercolors, the colors you mix will be determined by the pigments you use. However, the most important ingredient in the mixture is water. Keep in mind, the artist controls the range of any color, from the darkest … Continue reading →

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Winslow Homer: Master of the Unpredictable Medium

Watercolor is as lively, spontaneous, and engaging as it is beguiling and unpredictable. It is medium with a determination of its own. An artist that wishes to conquer this medium must do so with earnest effort, patience, and hard work. … Continue reading →

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Watercolor~The Medium With a Diabolical “Action”

Pilots and watercolorists have much in common: they’re flying on their own and nothing can help them but their thorough knowledge of their craft~ John Pike If you are attempting to paint with watercolor, great adventures and excitement lie ahead, … Continue reading →

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Planning Color is Everything When Painting From Graphite Sketch

We are glad to see Mr. Burton’s return to Art Center Information after a few weeks hiatus. After he posted the previous blog discussing his work on his preliminary graphite sketch, he has finally finished the composition (at left). He … Continue reading →

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Tips for Watercolorists: Color, Brushes, and Paper

Watercolors can be divided into two kinds: transparent and opaque. The distinction is imperfect because some pigments, classed as transparent, are less transparent, that is to say more opaque, than others. What are called transparent colors are those composed of … Continue reading →

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Using External Light With Your Artwork

I sometimes use a sunlamp or flashlight with my artwork after I feel the painting is finished, especially when I use watercolor media where I can lift the paint. What I attempt to accomplish is to see what the difference … Continue reading →

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Tips for Lifting Paint From Your Watercolors

For the simplifying phase of my work, I have several different tools that I use to remove color. If a larger area is involved I generally use (tip) a hard bristled toothbrush, especially to soften hard edges where I’ve used … Continue reading →

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Masking and Washes in Watercolor Painting

In his painting, Woman in the Field, artist Richard D. Burton used masking as well as layering in his wet-on-dry watercolor style painting. He explains his technique here for the viewers of Art Center Information. To prepare the painting and … Continue reading →

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