Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Questions And Answers

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Salvaging Oils and watercolors

Starting over in Oils

Understanding color

Loosening pastel edges

Q. How do I salvage dried – up oil and water colour tubes ?

A. The solidification of tubed oil color is called livering. It's caused by a chemical reaction between impurities in the pigment-especially traces of sulfur and the oil vehicle. As a result, the tubed oil color forms rubbery masses, distorting its handling qualities. Impurities found in the tubed oil color are characteristic of poor, or incomplete, washing of pigments during initial processing. In general, livering tends to occur in lower-grade oil colors- not in colors made of high-quality, properly washed pigments correctly ground in the best oil vehicles.
The same problem can happen with tubed watercolors. Occasionally impure pigments will liver when ground into gum arable, the traditional vehicle for tubed watercolors. Sometimes plasticizers or preservatives are added during production of high-quality artist's watercolors to prevent this.

SALVAGING OPERATIONS

Whether or not lumpy, gummy tube oil or watercolors are salvageable depends pretty much on how far gone they are. Reconditioning, then re tubing, the colors may require more time and effort than they're actually worth. In many instances, you're much better off with fresh, newly produced tube colors.

If you're determined to try to save your old paints, here are some suggestions for reclaiming those tube oils (be Sure to wear latex gloves to keep all traces of paint off your hands).

First, you'll need to remove all of the color from the tube and deposit it onto your working palette so you can recondition its consistency

Painting Lessons for Beginners: Should I Start Here?

by Maurice Lewis

in Art / Painting (submitted 2012-07-08)

Did you know that painting lessons for beginners are now available online? Yes, this is a fact. Through this, people from all over the world can now enjoy free lessons from the best artists.

Everything is a work of art. When you look around you, you get to see different styles, shapes and sizes of artworks. Each of these items represents different feelings and emotions. Each of these paintings conveys a particular meaning. Probably, the world of Art has been around our planet since the first person was born. What I'm trying to say is, it really has been in our land for thousand or millions of years.

This is the most primitive culture and people should learn that they can accomplish a lot if they appreciate art. These days, a number of people are already engrossed with the art of Oil painting. This started when different ways have been provided to instill into their hearts the magic of creating paintings. Now, there are varied courses for those who want to learn the basics and fundamentals regarding painting, particularly oil painting. Painting Lessons for beginners have been developed to assist students, young - late adults in pursuing their childhood dreams of becoming artists.

You can actually for schools that offer these courses. Short-term courses are also making its way because of the limited available time of most people. During summer vacations or during vacation leaves, these people enroll themselves in painting lessons for beginners to let their time pass. Others, who are really passionate with learning the art of painting wants to pursue and continue the course but due to lack of time and money, the opportunity passes them. With this, online courses of Painting lessons for beginners have been established to cater to the needs of these groups.

At any time of the day, at any day of the month, they can learn lessons from the best. Sounds incredible right? Also, the instructions provided are also in step-by-step process. They are made simple so that all of the viewers and students can easily grasp the needed information.

The advent of technology is indeed a powerful aid. Whatever the case is, people can benefit from the devices produced by the modern world. This is a proof that old and new cultures or traditions can co-exist with harmony and can work hand in hand. So, the next time you are asked on painting lessons for beginners, I'm sure you'll know what to answer.

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Searching for Oil Painting Lessons Online - Choosing the Right One

by Reinaldo Arvelo

in Art / Painting (submitted 2013-08-13)

Are you looking for oil painting lessons online? You're definitely going to find hundreds of them online. Yet, finding the right one can take some time. But the truth is choosing the right one depends on three important factors.

I'm a fine artist myself. Even though all of my training was done in a studio on campus,

I still to this day look for online guides and resources. You can never get enough information on new techniques. Learning from different artists can help you develop new personal tools in your art.

You can buy books, which I still do but sometimes having a live presentation from an actual painter is still best. Watching artists at work is not the same as reading a step-by-step guide. Plus paying large amounts of money to learn from another master can hit your pockets hard at times.

But how many times have you looked at an online preview of a lesson and asked yourself if this artist is worth the investment? This has happened to me plenty of times.

To really find an online guide that fits your needs you need to look at these three important factors in choosing the right online oil painting lessons.

The three factors are:

Oil Painting Lesson - Frequently Asked Questions About Oil Painting

by Ralph Serpe

in Hobbies (submitted 2006-05-31)

Oil painting is probably one of the more challenging mediums to master. There are many aspects of oil painting that often confuse and intimidate beginners. Many questions arise and this article will cover some frequently asked questions that beginners have.

What is "Fat Over Lean?"

Fat over lean is one of the most fundamental approaches to oil painting and when followed will reduce the risk of your paint cracking as it dries. An oil paint is "Fat" when it comes right from the tube. If you wanted to make it fatter, you would add more oil. To make your paint "Lean" your mixture would contain more of a thinner like turpentine. Begin your painting with a "Lean" mixture. As you add more layers, you would make the mixture fatter. This will help reduce the risk of cracking.

Modern Art Gallery - Five Tips of Water Color Painting

by Preeti Garg

in Art / Painting (submitted 2013-05-30)

From a scientific point of view, knowledge to use watercolor is simple: add water to the paint, put brush on paper, and you're painting. It's the beginning of an exciting and interesting artistic journey. These 5 watercolor painting tips will help you keep away from basic mistakes and get better results right from the start.

1. With watercolor paint, a color will always look stronger when it is wet. A color will always be lighter and paler when dry. It's something you get a feel for through do and experience. If your paintings look insipid, make the colors more intense by using more paint and less water, or painting another layer of a color over the first. Watercolor paint dries very speedy, so test a color on a scrap of paper or on the border of your painting before using it. That way you'll know whether it's the shade and/or tone you're after.

2. Even once watercolor paint has dried, it remains water soluble. You can re-wet the dried paint with water on a brush and it will 'turn' back into paint. This means you can lift the paint off the paper to fix a mistake, lighten a color by removing some of it, or even mix it with new paint. While you do need to be careful you don't scrub at the paper too much and harm the surface. Watercolor paint is translucent. You can see from side to side the layers of color you've painted, making it near unfeasible to conceal mistakes. Don't fight against this, but embrace it and work with it.

3. Because the white in watercolor comes from the white of the paper, not the paint itself, the usual advice is to paint from light to dark. To start with the lightest colors and tones, and build your way up to the darkest. But don't be fearful to experiment with putting down dark colors early on in a watercolor painting, as it may turn out to be an approach that works for you!

4. Rather have just one, good brush than a handful of cheap ones that splay out and drop hairs. It'll save you a lot of irritation. A good brush retains its shape so you can get a very fine brush mark from the point; it holds a good quantity of paint so you need to reload it less often.

5. Avoid involuntarily adding more water to your paint after you've washed your brush by dabbing the brush onto a dry cloth before putting it in the paint again. If you've loaded a brush with paint and decide you needed less paint, hold clean cloth at ferrule end of the brush hairs to soak up some of the excess. Doing it at this end helps keep the color at the tip of the brush.