tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84591239284065135362024-03-14T11:18:25.028+07:00 For Beginners and Advanced Painter - Idea - painting tipsAsep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-40988403271172076402023-10-18T16:53:00.001+07:002023-10-18T16:53:31.757+07:00Understanding-Color Theory-a Painter's Guide Introduction:
Color is one of the most captivating elements in art, and
understanding color theory is essential for painters at all skill levels.
Whether you're a beginner or an advanced artist, a solid grasp of color theory
can elevate your artwork to new heights. In this comprehensive guide, we will
explore the fascinating world of color theory, its significance, and how to use
it Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-27366905947923892082023-09-21T17:28:00.010+07:002023-09-21T17:58:07.254+07:00Acrylic-Painting Techniques- Color BlendingColor Blending: Acrylics are great for blending colors. Experiment with mixing different colors directly on the canvas to create smooth transitions and gradients.Color blending is indeed one of the exciting techniques you can explore when working with acrylic paints. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to blend colors effectively with acrylics:Gathering Your Supplies:-Acrylic paints in the colors Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-76484811545635599732023-09-14T15:30:00.001+07:002023-09-14T15:30:26.231+07:00Description of learning to paint naturalism Learning to paint naturalism paintings is a rewarding and challenging endeavor that involves mastering various techniques, observing the natural world keenly, and developing a deep understanding of the principles of realism in art. Naturalism in painting aims to depict subjects in a highly realistic and detailed manner, often mimicking the appearance of the natural world as closely as possible. Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-37107438461466948602020-01-25T21:56:00.000+07:002020-07-24T13:51:51.128+07:00Drawing Tutorials - The Tiger's Appearance
Drawing tutorials - the tiger's appearanceTigers stand high on the list when it comes to the number of animals with which an artist needs to be familiar. It seems there are more divergences of opinion on the tiger, his size, his strength, his markings than perhaps any other of the big cats. Some authorities have him growing to be 13' long and 700 lbs. heavy. A 10' tiger (counting tail) is Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-32234796032315750022016-03-09T23:11:00.000+07:002016-04-22T14:56:15.295+07:00Step by step-Painting-Cat-Head-With-Acrylic
Step by step-Painting-Cat-Head-With-Acrylic
Step 1
For this bobcat head, start with a tan base color and then add three other colors: a light gray, a darker bluish color and a dark value of burnt Umber and Ultramarine blue with some Cadmium-barium red Deep. The tan and grays represent the middle values; the darkest value here is one step away, on my imaginary value scale, from my Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-38220682679862288722015-08-07T23:48:00.000+07:002017-05-22T00:16:24.313+07:00The-Oil-Alternative
The-Oil-Alternative
My approach for creating oil portraits shares several similarities with my watercolor work; for example, I use a similar palette for both-yellow ochre, cerulean blue and alizarin crimson (substituted for rose madder), to which I may add cadmium red and ivory black; However, there are four important differences: In oil, I deal more with shapes than lines,I Work Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-44286292830167709262015-08-01T23:24:00.000+07:002015-08-07T23:36:02.328+07:00Master-Realism-1
Master-Realism-1
Whether you work in watercolor or oil, here bow to give your portraits rich, lifelike fleshtones.
By Paul W. McCormack
I’ve always taken my artistic inspirations from the expressions of the human form-the ever changing countenance of a friend’s face in conversation, the blank stare of a stranger on a subway, or the poetic gesture of a stance. Although I work in both Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-33768437706542165912015-07-09T15:09:00.000+07:002015-07-09T15:09:46.916+07:00Outside-The-Box-Learn-From-The Master
Outside-The-Box-Learn-From-The Master
By Joe Garcia
I’m a dedicated wildlife artist, painting mostly North American birds and mammals, because I’m fascinated with these creatures. Great subjects can be found almost anywhere, and they’re just waiting to be painted a sparrow sitting on a window ledge, a turtle sunning on a log or a quail running in the brush. But despite the Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-486980608646774122015-06-30T00:12:00.000+07:002015-06-30T00:12:16.189+07:00Pastels-And-Fixative-Debating
Pastels-And-Fixative-Debating
By Carmi Weingrod
Pastelists have been debating about fixatives since the eighteenth century. Now, after more than two hundred years of dialogue, the questions are still unresolved. Ask any group of pastelists about the topic and you’re likely to hear a volley of responses.
Some use fixative sparingly in the painting process to obtain certain Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-66827570065386732222015-06-16T00:47:00.000+07:002015-06-16T00:47:04.058+07:00Watercolor Techniques - Dominance - Colors
Watercolor Techniques - Dominance - Colors
Dominance
Pay extra attention to this most often over looked color peculiarity. Color dominance needs to be considered when more than one color is mixed into a wash. The same color combination may result in an almost infinite variety of colors depending on the proportions of the mix. Whichever pigment is the most dominant in the mix will impose itsAsep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-78023419234946205922015-06-11T00:40:00.000+07:002015-06-16T00:41:24.232+07:00Watercolor Techniques - Staining - Colors
Watercolor Techniques - Staining - Colors
Dark Staining
When a pigment tints the fiber of the paper it is called a staining color.These colors behave like a dye. The staining nature in a pigment is not relevant to other qualities. Opaque, sedimentary or transparent colors can be either staining or nonstaining. The degree of staining quality of a pigment is important to know only if Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-47865342997428104772015-06-07T21:23:00.000+07:002015-06-11T00:38:05.651+07:00Watercolor Techniques - Sedimentary - Colors
Watercolor Techniques - Sedimentary - Colors
Sedimentary Colors
Sedimentary, or granulating, colors are made from physically heavy pigments, Because of their weight, sedimentary colors sink into the water like pebbles. On rough or cold-pressed paper, they are first to land in the low, Hollow spots of the paper. On the smooth surface of hot-pressed paper, they settle quickly, but water Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-60780522901891692652015-05-27T19:15:00.000+07:002015-06-07T21:11:48.339+07:00Watercolor Techniques - Reflective - Colors
Watercolor Techniques - Reflective - Colors
Reflective colors
Reflective colors behave the opposite way of the true transparent pigments. The most transparent colors act like stained glass. They let the light penetrate through the wash and reflect from the paper through the color. Reflective colors let a certain amount of light get through to the surface of the white paper, but they Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-64315355358798958062015-05-25T16:13:00.000+07:002015-06-07T18:09:44.366+07:00Watercolor Techniques - Opaque - Colors
Watercolor Techniques - Opaque - Colors
Opaque Colors
Though all Watercolors called transparent are luminous in thin Washes, some have more body than others. These opaque or body colors are capable of covering other dry Washes When they are applied in a thick consistency, even if the dry underwash is dark and the top color is light.
They are not truly opaque, as acrylics are, but are more Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-81098641598541734702015-04-07T15:26:00.000+07:002015-06-07T16:20:16.146+07:00Watercolor Techniques - Transparent - Colors
Watercolor Techniques - Transparent - Colors
Transparent Color
These wonderful, glowing, luminous colors that all water colorists love behave similarly to stained glass. They let light penetrate through the wash and reflect from the paper through the color. These are the most suitable colors for glazing (applying a wet wash over a completely dry wash without disturbing the lower layer) Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-7874076959993805252015-03-22T21:42:00.000+07:002015-03-22T21:42:08.060+07:00Paint Brush - Technical - Q&A
Paint Brush - Technical - Q&AQ. Can I use my acrylic and watercolor brushes for painting with water soluble oils?
A. You may use your brushes any way you choose if you get the results you want. But your brushes will generally work better and last longer if you use them with the medium for which they were designed.Over the years, brushes have been fine tuned by manufacturers in response Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-78093253065871668262015-03-20T00:28:00.000+07:002016-04-23T23:09:26.367+07:00Paint Brush - Know How To Select Brush - Part 2
Paint Brush
What you need to know about Watercolor BrushesIf you're a watercolor painter, you have two basic categories of brush to consider when selecting the right tool to suit your painting needs. First, you'll need a brush that will deliver enough water and pigment to cover broad areas or washes. The flat, the wash and the mop are all good examples of this type of brush.
Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-81668642662786544782015-03-19T15:00:00.000+07:002016-04-23T23:20:56.562+07:00Paint Brush - Know How To Select Brush - Part 1
Paint Brush Know-How to select the brushes that gives you the painting results you're after, whether you work in oils, acrylic or watercolor. No other piece of an artist's equipment is more important than a quality, responsive brush. You may have a beautifully prepared canvas, perfect working light, brilliant pigments and a sturdy easel. But if your brush doesn't perform, chances are Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-73239583317987175112015-03-11T01:38:00.000+07:002015-03-11T01:38:08.704+07:00Drawing Tutorials - The proper way to stripe a Tiger
Drawing Tutorials - The proper way to stripe a Tiger
As simple as one might think placing tiger's stripes would be, some particular observations may be of help. The number, shape and thickness of the stripes vary on individual animals. On most tigers the general direction taken by the stripes on the sides conforms with the slant of the ribs beneath (see figs. 1, 3, 4 & 5). Yet a Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-14321216818329831022015-03-03T02:07:00.000+07:002015-03-03T02:07:26.782+07:00Color Pencil Drawing - Basic Coloring Technique
Color Pencil drawing - basic coloring technique
The Value ScalePerhaps the single most important principle in learning to make pictures is understanding the value scale. It is simply a series of tones ranging from the very darkest to the very lightest. It is very helpful to number these values, ten being black, one being white and two through nine being the shades of grey in between. You don'tAsep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-21831714699158953852015-01-18T23:55:00.000+07:002015-01-19T00:06:05.915+07:00Painting Techniques
Oil Painting TechniquesOil paint is a very versatile medium. Anyone who paints in oils would do well to explore as many different techniques as possible. Some of them are bound to come in handy at times. Don't worry about developing a technique of your own. It will come in time. lust keep studying and trying different techniques and palettes until you find a combination you're really Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-25707299710394929762015-01-17T01:07:00.000+07:002015-01-17T01:07:27.986+07:00Oil Painting Tips - Renaissance Painting Techniques
Tips Of The Day
Q: Can you recommend a practical way to replicate the gold grounds often seen in medieval and Renaissance paintings?A: Although there are several excellent gold acrylic paints on the market today, the brilliant effects of gold leaf grounds found in many medieval and Renaissance paintings can't be easily duplicated by the simple application of a painted ground.On the other hand,Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-22019022136850667132015-01-13T22:47:00.000+07:002015-06-30T00:10:21.765+07:00Oil Pastel Art - For Painting Tips
What Are Pastel?
Pastels are powdered colours mixed with water and chalk or oil and chalk, and made into sticks. Some manufacturers put in a binder to stop the pastels crumbling; the softer the pastel, the less binding is used. Water-based pastels are more often used than oil pastels.
What Materials Are Needed?
A Selection of Pastels Pastels are sold in boxes, with a compartment for Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-51284274221791048622015-01-08T23:31:00.000+07:002015-01-08T23:46:49.673+07:00What Are Acrylic Painting - For Painting Tips
What Are Acrylic For Art Painting
Acrylics are the only new paint to have come onto the market for centuries. Introduced in about 1962, they are as versatile as it is possible to imagine. They can be used thickly like oil paints, or in transparent washes like watercolours. They can be applied to almost any surface whether it be paper, panel, cardboard or canvas. Their main attribute is that Asep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459123928406513536.post-33178430583544363752015-01-05T01:43:00.001+07:002015-01-06T16:20:47.725+07:00Painting Tips On Establishing Accurate Values
Six Do's and Don'ts For establishing Accurate Values
1. When painting, never judge a value independently but always in relationship to at least two other values. for study purposes only, however, it's perfectly legitimate to isolate a value and seek to determine its individual place on the tonal scale.
2. Always aim for a strong, simple tonal effect rather than for a complex, fragmentedAsep Petirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516716527641817272noreply@blogger.com0