Art and Design A comprehensive guide for creative artists - Aaltodoc

Although it is sometimes necessary for learners to be taught
how to avoid making a painting without putting logical
judgement that colours appear vigorous if they are carefully
matched or balanced consistently. Aliquot parts of (colours)
paints should be evenly distributed throughout—not to
concentrate on the most pleasurable details such as corner
area or spaces on a painting artwork. It is a “naive painting
style.” (Kyeyune. 2003, 104)
To some extent, such problems are caused by lack of
experience. It forces the learner to hold colours—without
moving them to and fro, in the course of executing a
painting artwork. Trowell (1951, 25) affirms, “Many children
find difficulty in mixing colour and this is also the aspect,
which may lead to lack of success” in dispersing or
distributing colours “smoothly on the paper” or any other
chosen surface.
Ultimately, when all the intended out comes of executing
a painting are successfully carried out, always remember
to thoroughly clean up the place. Wash and dry all the
paintbrushes and keep their bristles facing up, all the time.
Painting techniques
Before a preferred method of painting is put to a befitting
use; a sketch has got to be done. Ashwin (1982, 223) notes,
“... when students were advised to sketch, they were able
to attain the vigour and spontaneity of the sketch ... even
at the major stages of painting.” Indeed, creative artists
produce varying painting artworks from a sketch—in
different approaches.
Here is a set out list of some conventional painting
techniques:
a) Collage painting is a method of executing artworks
with various soft coloured forms of materials such
as paper, photographs and fabric on a single surface.
A successful collage artwork must at least contain
materials that are closely connected, like cloth
on paper. Other examples of collage fascinations
are photography paper pieces, theatre tickets and
newspapers. Nonetheless, paint pigments can also be
used in a mix and match approach to execute a collage
artwork. Pablo Picasso used this technique to execute
a large number of his painting artworks. However, the
techniques of collage painting are limitless.
b) Watercolour painting is a method of creating
artworks with pale diluted colours, not by adding white
paint. Various water colouring materials can be locally
acquired from earthly colour materials such as quarries
or surface cuttings where different layers of rocks
have been exposed. But then, such colours have to be
processed by grinding and sieving.
Other types of watercolours necessary for painting
can furthermore be obtained from plant leaves or
flowers. Trowell (1951, 125) alleges, “Colour from leaves
and berries can be prepared for use during painting
by hammering them to a pulp between stones” or by
using a pestle and mortar.
Painting artists like Albrecht and John Marin used
watercolour techniques to produce painting artworks.
In Blake's (1997) Acrylic Watercolour Painting, the
techniques of watercolour painting are listed as
“washes, wet-in-wet, dry brush, scrambling, opaque et
cetera.”
Let us make a review of different methods used in
watercolour painting from the table list provided
below:
70 71
Dry brush
Washes and
glazes
This technique creates watercolour paint
markings which are very brittle, with hard
edge creeps. The generated trails of a
dry brush indicate breaking or shattering
markings on a surface of a dry paper
during painting. Dry brush is good for
areas around the centre of interest. “When
you're working in traditional watercolour,
each new dry- brush application is likely
to scrub off or stir up the soluble paint
underneath” Blake (1997, 112) laments.
Crabtree et al. (1998, 180) explain wash
and glazes solely in this way; “A wash is a
large area of transparent colour, whereas
a glaze is more localised.” This method
of watercolour painting produces an
impression of light gracefulness and
elegance with a delicate translucent
colour effect particularly if the artist used
a grainy surface. Glazing only allows the
previous colour to show through–over a
previous layer of paint.
Mother.
A watercolour
painting
Material:
Watercolour
papers
Size: 14cm × 30cm