How to Enliven a Painting with Pure Color
About Karin
Karin Wells is an artist of amazing versatility. She graduated with honors from both the New England School of Art and Design, Boston, 1965, and the Butera School of Art, Boston, 1986. Karin has enjoyed a career as an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and sign painter. She also taught Life Drawing and Painting for many years. She has most recently studied for three years at The New England School of Classical Painting in Greenfield, New Hampshire, under the direction of Numael Pulido.
To expand her craft, Karin has traveled throughout Europe studying the Old Masters. Her art reflects the deep influence of these great works. Karin demonstrates a remarkable facility for likeness and for the use of light.
The artist is a member of The American Society of Portrait Artists, Portrait Society of America, The Portrait Society of Atlanta, and The Copley Society of Boston.
How to Draw Rihanna Step by Step – Portrait Drawing Tutorial
Learn to Draw Rihanna – Free Step by Step Video Demonstration
The following is a step by step 12 part realistic portrait drawing tutorial created by Artist Andrew Fisher. This is a video lesson that I found on YouTube. It is a lesson on how to draw Rihanna using pencil.
Step 1 – Anatomy and Math
Andrew needs to enlarge the photo while keeping the proportions accurate. He does this by first measuring the photo and then multiplying each dimension by 1.75. He calculates the dimensions and draws out the shape of the head, finds the center of the face by drawing a horizontal and vertical line and sketches in the nose…
Watercolor Painting Tutorial Variegated Sky Wash
In the following Watercolor Painting Tutorial you will learn how to create a Variegated Sky Wash. While similar to a graded or graduated wash, the purpose of the variegated wash is to create a smooth transition between multiple colors. This is the reason why this technique is so challenging for beginners. With more than one color involved, things can get messy if you are not careful.
In the following video, Bob Davies will demonstrate how to create this variegated sky wash. He will be using three different colors for this particular demonstration. The first color is a warm grey created from a mixture of light red and ultramarine blue. The second color is a light red and the last color is raw sienna. He is using a No.12 round brush and 140lb Bockingford Paper.
One particular problem that you may run into while painting your sky wash, are those annoying stripes, that can quickly ruin the illusion of the sky. If you would like to avoid those unwanted stripes while doing this kind of wash, Bob recommends that you dampen the paper first with clean water. This will enable your colors to blend much easier and help avoid the stripes. You will however need to make your colors stronger as they will be diluted somewhat with the addition of the water.
You Asked – Capture Fog in a Mountain Landscape
Today’s question comes from Linda:
Linda Writes:
“I want to capture fog in a mountain landscape….I have sprayed fixative several times, but I am still having leakage of previously done pastel color….any suggestions???”
Do you have any information that might help Linda? Please leave your response in the comments box below. Thanks!
How to Paint a Still Life with Watercolors Step by Step
About John Fisher
I was born and educated in England, graduating from the Luton School of Arts (now Barnfield College) in 1945. It was my hope to become a graphic artist, but at the end of the Second World War returning service men and women had first crack at the few jobs available, and rightly so. I took a number of jobs while I tried to break into my chosen field, and ended up being a reluctant carpenter. Many years passed and I emigrated to Canada in 1952, married a Canadian woman, started a family, and in 1955 finally started on a career which took in graphic arts, owner of my own graphics arts company, art director at an advertising agency, and careers in marketing, advertising and public relations.
I wish I could claim that my passion for art burned brightly throughout those years, but alas, the need to make a living took prominence. As with many people, I always promised myself that when I retired I would get back to painting again. That time came in 1989, when my wife and I were living the winter months in our condo in Destin, Florida. Robert Long, a talented watercolour artist, was offering private lessons from his nearby condo. He was my mentor, and made my retirement years infinitely richer.
In those days Robert taught only technique, and there were rarely more than four to six of us in those early classes. From Robert I regained my interest in photography as an adjunct to painting, and as the cliche goes – I never looked back. I have had many paintings accepted and hung in exhibitions in Florida and Ontario, where I now live. I’ve won some prizes, come first in some exhibitions, and occasionally won the Citizens’ Choice awards. But I mainly paint for fun – hence the choice of name for this site.
Blick Presents – Sennelier Extra Fine Watercolors
Sennelier Extra Fine Watercolors have been around for over 100 years and are still a favorite amongst artists of today. If you were to go back in time , you would have seen Artists like Cezanne, Gauguin, Monet and Picasso using these wonderful paints.
Sennelier Extra Fine Watercolors come in a wide variety of colors, 80 to be exact and are extremely vibrant. These include colors that have long since been discontinued by other manufacturers. Sennelier uses the finest pigments to make their watercolors. Their pigments are first soaked in water for 24 hours which allows the pigment to fuse with the binder and to increase their brilliance. They use Gum Arabic from Africa and Honey from the French Alps as a binder. Honey is used because of its natural tendency to draw moisture from the air. This in turn keeps the paint moist for much longer on your palette.
These watercolors are available in tubes or in half pan sets.
Sennelier also makes a masking fluid to use along with your watercolors. It is unlike any other masking fluid on the market. It will work whether it is brand new or if it has been sitting around unused for years. It is tinted with a light green color so that it is easy to see when applied. The tint will not stain your paper. When your painting is completely dry, the masking fluid can be easily removed by using just your finger.
Step by Step Watercolor Painting Tutorial
About Barbara Fox
Barbara has achieved a tremendous following on both the national and international level as a watercolor painter with a vivid and unique style.
Her paintings have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States, including the Phillips Museum of Art in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, Mexico; the Salmagundi Club New York City; The Neville Museum in Green Bay Wisconsin; and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Barbara is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the International Guild of Realism, the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, and the Northeast Watercolor Society, among others.
She has been published in the major watercolor publications Splash: the Best of Watercolor Painting, and Secrets of Watercolor Masters. Barbara has been a featured artist in the leading national art magazines American Artist and Watercolor Magic.
Palette Knife Landscape Painting Demonstration
About Patricia Elliot Seitz
Patricia Elliott Seitz was born in San Diego California, and spent most of her young adulthood living in Southern California. She came from an artistic background of art and music, and always knew that she wanted to be an artist. From age five until she was in her early teens, Seitz was mentored by her mother, an accomplished jewelry designer, and still life painter.
Her love for landscapes and seascapes has been heavily influenced by where she has lived through the years. Her painting approach is based on impressionism, and Tonalism. Painters that have inspired Patricia are Monet, Alexander Wyant, George Innless, Wyatt Eaton, Marjorie Reed, and Vernon Kerr. Her choices of mediums are oil and soft pastel. Her main subject matter is landscapes, and seascapes. On occasion, Patricia will paint still life and figurative work as well.
Her paintings are distinctive for their bold and simple brush strokes, luminescent light and unique color choices. Today she can be found in her studio, painting seasonal paintings of the Central New York area, and the California coast lines. She is an active member of Oil Painters of America, CNY Art Guild, and her work is represented by Local NY art Galleries. Read more
Painting with Acrylic Paint: How to Mix Greens with Will Kemp
Here is a wonderful video created by Artist and Instructor Will Kemp from Will Kemp Art School. In this video, he will teach you how to create a variety of beautiful greens using acrylic paints.
If you spend any time outdoors observing nature, then you must already know the variety of greens that are there. There are warm yellow greens, cool blue greens, bright greens and dull greens. So you may find it rather challenging when it comes time to mix your own greens out of acrylic paint. There are some beautiful tubed greens on the market, but to really match the vast amount of greens that appear in nature, you must learn how to mix your own.
By the way, this video will work just as well with Oil Paints. While we are on the topic , you may want to also check out another post I put together a while back on mixing greens here. You may also want to check out a fantastic DVD created by my good friend Richard Robinson called Mastering Color. Back to the lesson at hand.
For this particular demonstration, Will is using Golden Heavy Body Acrylics, which are fantastic paints. If you haven’t tried them out yet, you can buy them online here at a great price.
How to Paint Trees with Watercolors
Below are links to many online tutorials and demonstrations both static web pages as well as videos. I have also included links to excellent books and DVD’s should you want to further your studies.
If you want to become a good landscape painter, then you will have to learn how to paint trees. It doesn’t matter what scene you ultimately plan on painting, chances are it will contain at least one tree. There are an endless amount of trees in nature and there are also an endless amount of techniques that artist used to paint trees, which is why you will find so many different tutorials listed below.
I do hope you find the resources listed below helpful. Enjoy and happy painting! Read more
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