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Monday, January 5, 2015

Painting Tips On Establishing Accurate Values

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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, fragmented one, wich usually serves only to weaken a painting.

3. Be selective, simplify, don't attemp to render all the tones you see, since this is beyond human capacity.

4. Pay special attention to your halftones, they are subtle, delicate creature, and given render loving care and attention they will respons by lending beauty, character and sensitivity to your painting.

5. In painting highligths, pain just what you see, resist the temptation to render them lighter than they are just because they are hightlights.

6. Keep a tight rein on your reflected lights lest they distort the shadow by their overaggressive, deadly attraction. nothing can kill a shadow faster than a gorgeously over stated reflected light.

While value is, for artistic purposes, separated into nine degrees of tonality, it is also-for the same reason-divided into six different kinds. They are:

How To Draw Tiger Head In Eight Easy Steps

DRAWING TIGER HEAD -IN EIGHT EASY STEPS

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1.Lightly sketch a circle. Divide it as shown.

2. Then mark off each half of the horizontal line in thirds. Do the same with the bottom half of the vertical. Add another 1/3 mark under circle.

3. Spot in the eyes and nostrils.

4. Draw in eye corners. Drop parallel lines to nose for muzzle's top. Position ears halfway in two top arcs (either facing forward, as on left, or facing outward, as on right). Draw chin.

5. Sketch in bulbous muzzle in line with outside of eyes.Extend each half slightly below circle.

6. Add shaggy ruff behind cheeks. Indicate streaks from which whiskers will come. These streaks are darker in tiger than lion.

7. With very light lines decide on pattern for facial stripes. Spotin pupils. Add whiskers.

8. Darken stripes and shade muzzle.

Drawing Lion & Primate Heads in Easy Steps - Painting & Drawing Tips

Drawing Lion Head in Seven Easy Steps

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1. Draw a horizontal, two crossing verticals and an X beneath, leaving an enclosure slightly deeper than wide.

2. Then draw two small eye circles below horizontal and outside of verticals. Place parentheses-like markings ( ) on either side of X directly below circles. Add curved chin line.

3. Draw large circle crossing center of X, with circle’s center even with bottom of eyes. Add looping ears extending out from circle almost as far as chin line.

4. Sketch mane's outline behind ears and on either side of cheeks. Let hair cup in and converge informally below chin.

Paper And Board Discussion For Watercolor Painting

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Papers and Boards

Arches 140-Ib. coldpress, Arches 140-lb. hot press,Strathmore 2-ply plate finish bristol board, Crescent #112 rough watercolor board, and gessoed Aquarius watercolor paper.

Discussion of each surface as follow.

ARCHES 140-LB. COLDPRESS

This paper has texture, and although it is possible to move paint around on it to a limited degree, the pigment tends to stay where you place it. You can achieve a soft look by laying in color and then spraying it with water, allowing the color to run.

This technique works well on this paper although the color does not run as much as it does on other papers such as bristol board. Artist Generally soak and then staple this paper to a board, allowing it to dry completely before painting. This gives the tight surface wich some Artists prefer.

Brushes Tips For Watercolor Painting

What are the proper Brushes For Watercolor Painting

This can be confusing for the beginning water colorist.

Many people are natural collectors and seem to accumulate every gadget that comes along. If your pocketbook can afford it,nothing wrong with this.

Always experimenting and have acquired many materials for the purposes, however, We will only discuss the materials that are essential for the beginner to have.

From Left To Right : 2-inch sky-flow brush, 1.5-inch Flat, 1-inch Flat, 3/4-inch Flat, No.12 Round, No. 8 Round, No. 4 Round, Rigger and the last two are scrubbers.

BRUSHES

If we shold to choose which of my materials should be of the finest quality, it would be this brushes. The following is information on a selection of brushes with a wide range of costs.