Things You Need to Know About Watercolour Painting ...

Painting with watercolours is a fascinating medium and perhaps a little more challenging than oils or acrylics. This is because such things as bleeding can occur and if you make a mistake it cannot be painted over, making it less easy to control.

That being said, painting with watercolours is a very hard choice to resist. Below you will find a few basic terms and techniques that you may find useful.

Terms Used in Watercolour Painting

Blotto Painting: using tempera paint apply it to one side of a piece of paper and then fold it in order to create a second image, the result being very similar to an ink blot.

Flat Wash: a smooth covering that is even or uniform with no shading or tint changes and is used for backgrounds or sizeable areas of the watercolour surface.

Graded Wash: is used to cover the painting surface. It is thinly or lightly coloured and is then gradually made thicker and darker in order to achieve a light to dark effect. Vice versa to achieve a dark to light effect.

Wash: a thin and normally translucent paint layer which is used in backgrounds or for covering large surface areas.

Waterbrush: A waterbrush is just like an ordinary paintbrush. It has a shaped tip made out of bristles but unlike your typical brushes, this one has a small reservoir or vat attached to it that holds water. When in use, the water flows in a slow and controlled manner to the bristles, allowing for continuous wet application.

Wet on Dry Watercolour Painting: This is watercolour painting applied to a dry surface which will bring about cleaner, sharper, more defined details/lines.

Wet in Wet Watercolour Painting: applying watercolour paint to a wet colour surface allowing for better merging, blending, bleeding, blurring, undefined lines or details.

Using quality art materials will help you to create your very own masterpiece and the purchase of quality art books will more than help too as they will give you much more information and ideas than what you see here.

Prior to painting it is necessary to prepare and stretch your paper properly. You do this by wetting and taping the paper down onto a wooden board to prevent wrinkling or buckling when applying the paint. Leave the paper to dry naturally, if possible, so you may need to start this particular process the day before you want to start your painting.

Applying a Wash to Paper

Wash your paper using clear water and a large, wide brush to dampen it. Stretch your arm out fully and move across the surface width with one continuous stroke, continuing with the same brush and colour until the surface is covered evenly. To apply a graded wash, dampen the surface, make the first complete stroke with the colour and with little water and add a slight amount of water for each successive brush stroke.

Using the Wet in Wet Technique

Paint a clean water image or shape and with the second action dip brush in watercolour and apply. The added colour will disperse, or bleed, into the wet space and to its edges. Experiment with painting a watercolour image or shape and using a second colour to add to the first to create bleeding and blending of colours.

Watercolours are versatile art materials and art books are necessary to boost your confidence. By painting with watercolours or inks you can achieve textures, shapes, brush strokes, contrast and values similar to any other painting medium. However, achieving luminosity in watercolours is much easier than with other paints.

Although many other colours are available, using black ink will restrict your work to grey scale or black and white. This can be helpful if you are just starting out or if you desire clarity and a strong composition in your art.

All you need to start painting in watercolours are art books and supplies, a willingness to learn and the mindset to succeed.

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