best medium for figure drawing ?
Amanda Koh
i've been doing figure drawing with chalk pastels for about 3 years and i'm
looking to experiment with new mediums like watercolour or acrylics...
however, they border more on the abstract side rather than realism as the
mediums are rather stiff... or maybe i'm just not that fluent in handling
them.
any advice ??? i'm looking to do fine detail portraiture and impressionistic
figure drawing works in life size scale.... i love experimenting with
different colours and hues and art techniques like cubism etc....
wot do u think is the best medium for figure painting ?
Amanda
There are 3 types of people in the world,
those who make things happen,
those who watch things happen
and those who wonder what just happened.
this is an e-mail from Amanda
Larry Seiler
Mixing the right amount of water to the paint with a larger stiffer pointed
synthetic round, you can draw very quickly. Using flats you can wash in
color, and lay the whole basic drawing in. Then...since it dries so
quickly, you can rest your hand directly upon the image, and paint/draw
with smaller rounds in any drawing approach you are familiar...line
hatching, etc;
I lay in my portraits very fast....and without fear, because nothing has to
remain final. No mistakes- because areas can be blocked over
easily...pushed around, repositioned almost effortlessly.
As for figure drawing...I like any innovative device that gets me out of a
rut. Switch to lumber yard crayons on large newsprint and paper.
Watercolor brushes with inks and deluded washes....etc;
--
Larry Seiler
my art web site at- http://cwinc.net/larryseiler
"Art attacks can skill!"
Amanda Koh <a...@pacific.net.sg> wrote in article
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"Larry Seiler" <lse...@execpc.com> wrote:
> As for figure drawing...I like any innovative device that gets me out of a
> rut. Switch to lumber yard crayons on large newsprint and paper.
> Watercolor brushes with inks and deluded washes....etc;
> --
>
> Larry Seiler
Larry, when I read your post I thought 'deluded washes' way a typo. But after
looking at your site and reading 'artlandish concepts' I'm not so sure...I
enjoyed looking at your paintings etc.
Erik Mattila
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Amanda Koh
Amanda Koh
Thanks for your advice... in fact, i'm somewhat familiary with acryllics as
i was working with them when i did some still life studies couple of years
back.... yes.... they dry VERY QUICKLY and therefore are a little hard to
manage for beginners... wot i LOVE about them is the way that u can paint
over it any number of times if something goes wrong unlike watercolour or
even pastels because of the transparency of the mediums.
still..... pastels because of the direct contact of the artist's hand to the
paper creates a more personal piece of work.... fingerprints aside.... its a
very cathartic medium.... trying out some pen work and charcoal... tho
charcoal is very similar to pastels... its a different thing to work without
colour..... there must be more emphasis on tone and its harder to create
solid forms that have depth when working only in black and white.... i do
love the challenge tho.... very refreshing....
have a good week ahead !
Larry Seiler
for visiting my site!
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Larry Seiler
my art web site at- http://cwinc.net/larryseiler
"Art attacks can skill!"
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Jenn
different. But ordinary graphite works well.
Charcoal is fun but it doesn't look as realistic as pencil sometimes, but
you can wet the charcoal or cover your page in charcoal then rub back into
it, its all just practice.
Amanda Koh wrote in message <7amvei$ase$1...@newton.pacific.net.sg>...
>wot do you think is the best medium for figure drawing ?
>
>i've been doing figure drawing with chalk pastels for about 3 years and i'm
>looking to experiment with new mediums like watercolour or acrylics...
>however, they border more on the abstract side rather than realism as the
>mediums are rather stiff... or maybe i'm just not that fluent in handling
>them.
>
>any advice ??? i'm looking to do fine detail portraiture and
impressionistic
>figure drawing works in life size scale.... i love experimenting with
>different colours and hues and art techniques like cubism etc....
>
>wot do u think is the best medium for figure painting ?
>
br...@wralaw.com
Without a doubt vine charcoal, and then ink...for Quick scetches/
otherwise go the distance with oil and acrylics etc... or watercolour
if you dare...
Amanda Koh wrote in message <7amvei$ase$1...@newton.pacific.net.sg>...
> >wot do you think is the best medium for figure drawing ?
> >i've been doing figure drawing with chalk pastels for about 3 years and i'm
> >looking to experiment with new mediums like watercolour or acrylics...
> >however, they border more on the abstract side rather than realism as the
> >mediums are rather stiff... or maybe i'm just not that fluent in handling
> >them.
You are clearly not fluent in handling them. WC, and acrylics followed
by oil paints have been the mediums of choice of the high realists. Not
to mention the mediums of choice of Abstracts artists as well...
> >There are 3 types of people in the world,
> >those who make things happen,
> >those who watch things happen
> >and those who wonder what just happened.
I tend to be all three...
Bryn Ayers
Rick Howarth
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