Wednesday, November 13, 2013

A Few Tips New Landscape Water Color Artists Can Find Beneficial

By Katy Kline


One of the biggest challenge facing new artists is bringing out creativity in their art. New water color artists usually find it very difficult to draw inspiration from their souls as they set out. At this time, they are usually preoccupied with painting techniques, and this lowers their creativity. As much as knowing the techniques is important, drawing should be subject to creative imagination.

During painting, it is very important to take a good look at the subject. You have to make your drawing subject part of you. Spending considerable amount of time inspiring area aids a lot when it comes to landscape painting. It helps to make painting your vision easier.

Visiting the place you would like to paint is greatly encouraged. As you do this, do not miss to take with you drawing papers, pencils and eraser. Beginning by drawing sketches of that area features among easier ways of scene internalization. Doing this helps you to develop a mental image. As a result, it becomes easy to paint this image onto the painting paper from your head.

Taking with you a camera is also a good thing to do. Photos taken of the place can later on be of great assist as you paint. Photographs should be of different distances and angles in order to have a holistic overview. As you go to the studio from the place, you will be armed with the photos and sketches to work with.

Watercolor painting of an area on spot can be daunting to beginners. The scenes might appear to be constantly changing. Sometimes you may be forced to place the painting paper at certain angle, or even constant balancing and measuring paper saturation with the water paint. Making deliberate effort to avoid complex scenes is the best way of solving such teething problems. You can proceed to complex ones slowly as you better your skills.

When painting on site, you do not have to ferry your whole studio to the location. This is something most beginners are not aware of. They end up carrying many types of equipment which they do not need. The extra tools end up becoming a nuisance.

You must be aware that outdoors are quite unpredictable. There can be an instant switch from sunny to rainy weather. Thus you have to develop speed and accuracy in painting. You first do the huge blocks prior to filling in the finer details. Majority of painters start with the sky as the first big block. It is normally paler than other areas. This allows you to paint lighter areas first as you move to darker areas. Painting of the sky also dictates how other parts are to be painted.

The objects in the foreground require fine detail. However, avoid the temptation to paint all minute details. It will take you a lot of time, and also draw away attention from the areas you wish to highlight. With all these considerations taken in, one thing you should not forget to use is creativity and imagination. Water color artists will always find these tips beneficial when doing landscape painting.




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