Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Success Tips For A Beginner's Abstract Watercolor Painting

By Carmella Watts


It is certainly a good idea for people to use abstract watercolor painting as a source of income. A lot of beginners actually get their talent known to the world because of this. However, they need to get some practice done before they can actually show off. Here are a few of the beginner's tips they have to follow to create a masterpiece.

First of all, the person must remember that the watercolors have a lighter color when they dry. The shade that the person sees while the paint is still wet is not the same shade that one will see once it dries. Through proper practice and more experience, the person should be able to achieve the kind of shade one wants easily.

Of course, it is common sense that the said paint dries faster than any other normal paint. It is recommended that the colors be tested first at the edge of the person's canvas or on a piece of paper before actually using it. This way, the person can decide if the dried shade or tone is suitable to the image that one wants to paint.

Being water soluble is a selling point of this kind of paint. This means that the person should be able to lift the paint easily even when it has already dried up completely. The person just has to dab the wet brush on the paint that one wants to lift off the canvas. It should immediately turn back to being wet paint. This will help fix mistakes.

While this might be a solution to mistakes, the person should not encourage using this too much. After all, this is still a transparent paint. This means that the person should still be able to see the mistakes one makes even after applying a few layers of paint on top of it. One cannot hide the mistakes, after all.

When working with this kind of paint, it is surely recommended to work with the lighter colors first. After that, the person will have to gradually add a shade to these colors. This means that the person should work from lighter colors first to the darker ones. This will magnificently build up the shades, tones, and colors of the canvas.

The brush has to be appropriate as well. There is no need to buy dozens and dozens of brushes. There is also no need to buy different types of brushes. What the person needs right now is that kind of brush which exudes quality. Even if it is just a single brush, it is better than having lots of brushes with no quality to speak of.

Remember not to add too much water. The most common mistakes that beginners make is that they inadvertently add more water to the paint after washing the brush. In order to avoid such a basic mistake, one is recommended to dab the brush first onto a dry cloth before putting it right into the paint again.

Mistakes are really unavoidable especially if this is the first time that the person is doing an actual abstract watercolor painting. That is why it is important to learn about the masking techniques for these mistakes. It will be helpful for those beginners who are trying to paint for the first time.




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