How can artists prevent watercolour paper from buckling?
I tried tacking the edges of the watercolor paper to a hard surface with large thumbtacks, as suggested by a pro and a painting book, but t...
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I'm interested in exploring watercolor painting. My current dealings with the arts is mostly in music, poetry, and verse. My main drive to get into watercolor painting right now is I want...
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 ca...
I am not familiar with the author or his book. What I do know is this - watercolorist wannabes need to know the fundamentals of 'negative space' painting. It's the one crucial element i...
...l be part of the final color palette. When you are satisfied with the entire drawing ink your lines. Adding a watercolor wash will dissolve the colored pencil into the wash....
Lillianne, First of all, VERY cool logo with the shimmering water effect!
I also looked at your paintings and I thought they were very nice. One question that I have is about the color reproductio...
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...
...rse, pick a pencil that is inert to your solvent. I paint in Acrylic so use a 'photo' blue. Tried a watercolor pencil once. Didn't realized that it really was watercolor! Oops!...
Klee's 1922 watercolor and oil transfer drawing on plaster-primed gauze bordered with watercolor on paper mount "TANZ DU UNGEHEUR ZU MEINEM SANFTEN LIED" (this title is traced with oil ...
Here is a sample of one of my wifes watercolor works.....I would love any respone on her work..Thank you all for your help.
... a technique in Acrylic painting for moving around or lifting paint. There are different versions for oil and watercolor, but when the term is used for an acrylic technique it *usually* refers to a me...
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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 a...
Speaking of monoprinting - not engravings:
Getting watercolor to 'stick' to acrylic can be tricky, even in the best of circumstances. To ease that chore, one needs to learn to use '...
...a LOCAL artist 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 a...
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I am new to the art of watercolor but I'm starting to produce a fairly large body of work. I am painting with the intention of eventually showing and/or selling.
I need to take photos...
...re local, or regional in nature. Those that are truly national are usually specialized. For example: National Watercolor Society, etc....
...everal pieces of art which I would like to identify and, if possible, evaluate. Some are originals in oil and watercolor, some are drawings in ink, some are prints. All are more than thirty years old,...
... month, ink is $100 per cartridge (it has 8 i think), but it lasts forever, canvas $3 a square foot of print, watercolor is about 2, mat paper a bit less. Paper by the roll ...
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Some interesting answers here. Some leaning more to what the concept of art is, and some toward the development of the technical skills, which is more in the way of what I'm thinki...
...g and 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....
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