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...s test is good for, except some fun and bragging rights (if you do well) but you might as well give this color IQ test a go. I found it on Maykr who found it on Jen Bradfords blog. Both Maykr and Je...
...intriguing. This is an excerpt from the artists statement on his site: Hybrids are a series of watercolor and egg tempera paintings based on psychological theories of visual perception. These pie...
...aunting imagery within the synapses of the mind. His juxtapositions have a distinct style, streamed with color and accents against stark, bleak backgrounds to add to the simplistic yet powerful nature...
...little culture and we were dragged to museums that I really couldn't enjoy. I like paintings and art and colors but I have to be alone or in an almost empty museum in order to see anything. A group of...
...n the light, I can see the brushstrokes now! They weren't apparent before I went back.I'm using the same color; It's a soft brush. How can I avoid/change these visible brushstrokes? Thanks - Margar...
...s prompts me to call attention to one of my art mentors of years past, from whom I learned to print WATERCOLOR monoprints using MULTIPLE Plexiglass plates. Here is the web site that gives a brief expl...
... 'foggy' with a matte varnish, and darker with a glossy varnish. And that overall, the richness of the colors is generally improved with gloss varnish, and not so much with the matte. So, i was wo...
Hi. I have a 19th century watercolor that belonged to my grandmother. It probably came from somewhere in New England. The date by the signature reads 1869, but I can't decipher the name. If anyone k
In the past there have been the surrealist, cubist, impressionist, color field, movements, etc. Can anyone think of a movement that can be started now to express artists' feelings about the world and
...tist to commission for a painting. Painting would be of a house that I grew up in. Medium is oil or watercolor. It is for my Mother who is known throughout the painting community in Queens and L.I. He...
...igued by what I once called 'weird interaction' with my art. When I'm having a bit of trouble getting my colored pencils to mix well with the surface - or with other color layers, I say little things,...
... friend of mine recently showed me the artwork of Alex Grey. I am very impressed with his use of amazing colors and overall style. I really like his use of the human figure as the main subject in many...
... bullshit. NEITHER accurately depict human form. BOTH paintings have the bodies all twisted to hell. The color palette in EACH are severely limited. And these TWO artists appear to be a fan of Elephan...
...-table exhibition catalog that was published for the recent exhibition titled: Frederic Remington: The Color of Night National Gallery of Art, Washington and the Princeton Univ. Press, 2003 http...
...is is - I could find nothing else when I googled the internet. Both of the prints are very nice multiple color lithos - editions are 300 - and are of traditional subject matter. One is of a river view...
As a beginner, my teacher has restricted me to five colors: cad. red med. cad. yellow med. ultramarine blue titan. white mars black I've decided to go with Golden paints, but am uncertain if I should
One of the most useful things I learned when studying various aspects of color theory was the one of 'color extension' as explained by Johannes Itten. It will stand you in good stead as a designer or
...elpful web page for those who might have been following the paint-slinging campaign here on the issue of color variances between paint manufacturers:...
I'm new to watercolor and my instructor asked us to buy a 'Masking Fluid' and I purchased 'MASQUEPEN'. Probably 75 percent of the time when I remove this from my paper (Arches 140 lb cold press) it li
That the things you 'expect' to be in a work of art (like a shadow, a highlight, a subtle change in color, or material texture) start out as a blank white surface. And that someone had to 'put' thos
...rt store a couple of weeks ago. I did not know these kits had improved so much - they have them for watercolors, acrylics, and oils!! And the pictures to paint are the works of the old masters! I to...
I'm trying to come up with a color scheme and I was wondering if picking colors that are pleasing to the eye are best done where a primary triad is made up of Red, yellow, blue, or red, green, blue. I
I have been pouring hydrocal in urethane molds and have consistently had problems with slight discoloration in the castings. The discoloration is grey, sort of splotchy, sometimes a little cloudy, alt
What's the difference between the watercolor colors: french ultramarine and ultramarine blue. The artist series of Winsor & Newton doesn't have the slightly-warm ultramarine blue color and I was wonde
...tarted oil painting (most of my experience up to now has been in pastel), and I'm curious about people's color choices. Actually, I know the standard advice on colors to use; what I'm looking for is a...
Can someone please recommend a list of minimum pastel colors to buy for figures/portraits. I am not interested in buying a set as I allready have some of the hues. Thanks a million.
Painting of cat commended by Dan Fox. Huh. That whetted my appettite! Non-controversial conclusion - sorry, boisterous RAF participants. I agree. It is fresh, good, leave it at that. Job well done.
About 20 years ago, I found this painting behind a family portrait. I have never really investigated it. It is about 7' x 9' in size and in excellent shape. Any ideas of the value or origin? Thanks!
...ute and walnut oil, i greased up an old painting with fine composition and subject matter but lackluster color. i then proceeded to repaint using straight pigment (the surface being covered with mediu...
...nique to apply a white primer just where the images would be? What are some other techniques to use watercolor, gauache or acrylic pigments on dark substrate such as lauan plywood or masonite? Thanks,...
...end notes in her 1993 book Turner's Painting Techniques, Turner was a tireless experimenter with new oil colors, all kinds of papers and new finishing techniques. Chemical and spectroscopic analyses o...
...highly recommend it. If for nothing else, students may choose to look into the book for lifelike flesh colors to use in portraits. In moderation, variations of his (exceedingly pure) colors can be u...
...e the 1996 Vincent 'Van Gogh' Paintings Calendar. The calendar features the following 11 1/4' x 14' full-color works by Vincent Van Gogh: Self-Portrait 1889 (Oil on canvas), Gauguin's Armchair 1888 (O...
...uld be composed of non-toxic pigments. To this end I am interested in what others choose to use as their color choices. I can then evaluate the general effects of the different types of palette and po...
...d still not seal the back of the FRAMED work with a vapor-tight barrier. The same theory applies to watercolors - you want the framed work to breath. If one could insure that the work, when framed, wa...
Often my paint streaks or leaves streak marks when no white is added. It's the dark colors: ultramarine blue, cad red. Is it because they are 'transparent colors'? Currently using walnut oil as a medi
...nd a black ink for a calligraphy project? The ink will be mixed with white and therefore must not have a color undertone. Osmiroid black has a green undercolor and the Shaeffer is slightly purple. I'm...
...hen printed. That was especially true in the era Rockwell painted for magazine covers - when printing of colored reproductions was done the 'old fashioned way' - multiple color separations using filte...
...as if the manipulation of form was art, or at least painting. Where, for want of a better word, is the color? Sure, there's the color of the object, and such colors that indicate texture, and value ...
Would anyone know of a source of ivory or off-white deckle edge watercolor notecards? I've seen the type and size of card but don't know of a supplier. I know where to get similar looking cards in a l
...many similar images used for decorating pencils to floor covering. Alison has some talent and an eye for color but she is unlikely to go beyond accidental patterns which look attractive. I believe thi...
Has anyone noticed a difference between individual sheets and blocked sheets of watercolor paper? For example, I find that the cold press 140lb individual sheet made by Lanaquarelle to be rougher th
...school sloppiness. I love page 43 as a perfect example of Art school Garbage-can-ism. Page 79 shows watercolor as bad as can be. For utter stupidity check out pages 200-202. Well at least N allows y...
Nik, Check out this color work by my artist neighbor. I've seen only her B&W pen and inks in public venues. I see some sililarities in this portrait to your own works.
...selfs. Sure Fox, none of these guys was creative in any way, right? They had no new ideas, humor, fine color, complexity or style. I suspect they influenced fashion more than antiquated MAA and even...
Hi, I've found that Amsterdam Oil Colors by Royal Talens are pretty inexpensive. I haven't painted for a long time and I'm re-entering the field in 'student mode.' I want to get paints that have relat
... draws are clearly recognizable, have an almost consistant perspective and contain details. When he uses colors they are well chosen indeed. They other day when we were useing play-clay he sculpted a ...
...s great icons. But do the final 30 seconds of the film, in which we see these glorious paintings in full color, make up for the 3 hours of brutality and suffering that we saw? I believe Tarkovsky expe...
I have a bit of a quandary. Why are the standard sizes of watercolor blocks of paper never the same as the standard sizes of frames? It always seems to be an inch off. I can find 10X14 or 11X15 waterc
...r's New Clothes aren't clothing you stupid little girl. They are body installations containing invisible Color Fields.' Tired of Modern Art? Check out my web page New address- http://www3.sympatic...
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