Anecdotes from my art journey and painting tipsI started taking painting seriously in 2017 and have consulted thousands of resources to find what works best for me. Here I share what I have learned.
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Anecdotes from my art journey and painting tipsI started taking painting seriously in 2017 and have consulted thousands of resources to find what works best for me. Here I share what I have learned.
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![]() If there is one thing that I don't particularly enjoy, it is patterns - especially regular ones. Part of the reason certainly is the fact that they intimidate me and also it seems like a lot of work to me. When I painted this crimson finch, I decided to put a bit more effort into painting the white dots on the wings and body. I have been experimenting a bit more with opaque colours such as gouache and I really enjoy the fact that they add dimension and depth to watercolour paintings when used in moderate amounts. For this piece, I used a new liquid opaque white by Schmincke's Aqua Drop line. This product is quite convenient as it already has an ideal consistency to add directly from the bottle. To make things a bit less intimidating, I first added some white pencil marks in the places where I wanted to add the dots. I don't have a lot of experience with adding colored pencil on top of watercolors but as far as I can tell, it does not always work equally well. Either way, the white Luminance Pencil by Caran d' Ache was ideal to put down some transparent whiteness before adding the opaque watercolour. This is the second crimson finch I painted. The main colour I used for it is one of many of my underused ones: Anthraquinoid Red by Daniel Smith which is as beautiful and deep as its blue cousin (also known as Idanthrene blue). The other colours that went into this painting are also underused: Jane's Grey, Pyrrole Red and Quinacridone Burnt Orange. All of those are useful but I feel I could also live without them. Do you have a favourite way of adding opaque white? Or do you prefer saving the white of the papers? Drop me a comment if you like. :)
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