I dare someone to pick up a paint brush and paint. I think that "Painting" is a dying art. Pun intended. I have been having great fun messing around
with paints. This half way done butterfly is an acrylic piece that I have been working on that started out OK and has gotten better and better. I learned a few things and thought that I would mention them.
The first: Painting is best described in layers. I have noticed that be the use of layers one can achieve a fairly realistic piece.
The butterfly for example, is being painted in layers. This is fairly different than working with pencil in the sense that the pencil is done like a
map of shades. In other words, I like to start my drawing in the upper left corner and work my way down to the lower left keeping my page free of unwanted smears(hopefully).
However, with the painting, I can just start throwing color on the page.
It is very intriguing to me. So not only do you want to draw what you see; one must see the layers to paint. This concept helped me to jump a minor hurdle.
that I was struggling with.
By the way, I do not yet know if this completely works with watercolor.
I guess someone will just have to try it out. =) any way enjoy and notice the layers!
with paints. This half way done butterfly is an acrylic piece that I have been working on that started out OK and has gotten better and better. I learned a few things and thought that I would mention them. 
The first: Painting is best described in layers. I have noticed that be the use of layers one can achieve a fairly realistic piece. 
The butterfly for example, is being painted in layers. This is fairly different than working with pencil in the sense that the pencil is done like a
map of shades. In other words, I like to start my drawing in the upper left corner and work my way down to the lower left keeping my page free of unwanted smears(hopefully). 
However, with the painting, I can just start throwing color on the page. 
It is very intriguing to me. So not only do you want to draw what you see; one must see the layers to paint. This concept helped me to jump a minor hurdle. 
that I was struggling with.
By the way, I do not yet know if this completely works with watercolor. 
I guess someone will just have to try it out. =) any way enjoy and notice the layers!
