A Brush With Art.pdf

Second Painting: on Rough PaperWhen painting on Rough paper, the two mainthings you notice are that the paint doesn't runand the brush doesn't move as easily as it does ona smoother surface. This paper really is rough andyour brush will tend to have a hit-and-miss effect',as some of the paper receives paint and somedoesn't. The result is that you get some nice whiteareas left behind - this is marvellous for giving theillusion of ripples on water, for example.In fact, nothing appears smooth about thispaper, so don't aim for neat, clean lines. It's best tolet the brush dance around and make thingshappen as you go along - you'll notice that thepainting I've done has an almost dotted effect.Another plus with this paper is that you canwork over existing paint to add darker tones, orlift colour off by working a brush (no paint, wateronly) into painted areas. I did this with some ofthe trees. This is something you can't do oncartridge paper, where it would make the paintlook murky or dirty. However, on Rough paper itlooks good and can help to mould the picturetogether.Now that you've seen what working on twodifferent papers can do, it's your turn toexperiment! Once you've tried a paper and gotused to it, you'll be amazed at the confidence itwill give you. Remember that only by practisingand getting to know your materials really well willyou be able to discover which one - in whichsituation - works best for you. Once you have,you will be well on the way to masteringwatercolour painting.Go on, have fun - you can do it!^3«e;ii^%^'>^.^,Painting TipWhenever possible, start painting from theleft-hand side of your paper, so that you'vegot a dry area on which to rest your hand.Otherwise you might get into troublebecause you'll be trying to work over wetpaint. (Of course, if you're left-handed, you'need to do the opposite!)Fig. 1 : Thedry brush technique came into its ownhere on the sea. The Rough paper allowed areasof paper to remain unpainted, helping to give alook of sparkling sunlight on waterFig. 2: On cartridge paper, you can't get the sameeffect. The sea had a wash painted over it, butthe paint covered all the paper, leaving nounpainted paper to represent sunlit water34