Decorative Painting
cindy
have with painting. I am specifically interested in acrylic painting. I
bought a wonderful book this weekend by Catherine Holman "Charming Village
Scenes You Can Paint". I understand the general principal of it all. I
just don't get "shading". I live in a rural area and there are no art
classes offered. Does anyone know of any web sites that may help me? This
has been something that I have long believed that I might be able to do. I
guess I just really need someone to show me. Thanks for any help.
Cindy
Tante Lina
cindy wrote in message ...
Hi Cindy,
Don't underestimate the power of setting up a simple still life to
work from. Outside there's a lot of reflected light, which sometimes
makes it hard to see shading. With a still life you can control /
focus the light and exaggerate the contrast. Squinting at your
grouping will obscure the detail, help you make out the basic shapes,
shadows, basetones, highlights. Reference photos enlarged, or
projected onto the canvas, help you think in 2-d.
A basic primer on drawing that I liked when I was getting started is
"How To Draw What You See," by Rudy De Reyna.
Another great book from an entirely different perspective is "Drawing
on the Right Side of the Brain," by Betty Edwards. She has an
interesting page showing before and after drawings by people who've
used her techniques. http://www.drawright.com/gallery.htm
You might consider a subscription to The Artist's Magazine - it's
inexpensive. Every month it has step by step tutorials from
successful artists. All different styles and media are represented;
you can try many different techniques that way. The most important
thing in creating art, IMHO, is to find the medium / method that suits
you best.
~Tante
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cindy
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Thanks for the advice. You know, I am pretty good at telling where the
shadows should go, I just am not sure how to make them look natural. Every
time I try to load one side of the shading brush with paint, my shadow comes
out looking like a stripe. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Cindy
Bonnie Espenshade
There is a product called floating medium, by FolkArt paints.
You dip the brush in this and work it into the brush then side load the paint on
the brush. A few strokes back and forth and you'll have it down pat. After
some practice you'll be able to do it without the floating medium, but it
certainly will make it easier for you.
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cindy
Bonnie Espenshade <ma...@fast.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Cindy,
> There is a product called floating medium, by FolkArt paints.
> You dip the brush in this and work it into the brush then side load the
paint on
> the brush. A few strokes back and forth and you'll have it down pat.
After
> some practice you'll be able to do it without the floating medium, but it
> certainly will make it easier for you.
> --
> Bonnie
> NJ
>
stuff that I can't get at Wal Mart. Floating Medium is going on the list.
Cindy
licorice
If you've got a little left over...then mix it with teh next color.
and don't forget to layer...
perhaps you should try using less paint to shade wiht to begin with...that
way..if you need more, you can just go over it again...
a little more forgiving that way
Hope you have fun
bernadette
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If you're painting flowers in shades of red (pink, etc.) and green
leaves, mix the two together to get the exact complimentary shade of
gray for shading.
Hope this helps.
Marcia
www.ornamentsandthings.com
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