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Watercolor: History of Watercolor Paintings

Man has used pigments that are basically water based since he started to learn to color the images that he has created. The history of watercolor paintings dates so far back that dates and origins has lost its significance in its contextual value. One fact remains; it is the oldest coloring medium that man has ...

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How to Use Watercolor Pencils

Watercolor pencils are an interesting medium to work with in art. While they take out some of the guess work for color blending and water-to-paint ratios, they still require some practice to get the hang of. I bought my first set of watercolor pencils thinking that they would be a piece of cake to use ...

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How to Use the Glazing Technique in Watercolor Painting

You’ve probably already heard of the artistic technique known as glazing that’s used when painting in oils and acrylics. But what about watercolors? Can you use glazing with watercolor paints? The answer is yes. Although glazing is mostly associated with oils and acrylics, it can also be done working with watercolors. However, there are differences ...

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How to Make Acrylic Paint Act and Look like Watercolor

You may be wondering why would anyone want to make acrylic paint look like watercolor? Why even use acrylic paint if what you really seek is the soft effect of watercolor paints? Drawbacks of Watercolor Paints as a Beginning Painting Medium There are a number of reasons that an artist might want to use acrylic ...

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Best Brands of Watercolor Paints

Watercolors are not just for little kids. Many great pieces of art have been created with watercolor paints. Of course, these paints are not the ones you would find with the markers and crayons at your local grocery store. Watercolor paints are very easy to work with and can create truly beautiful art, if you ...

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“Ode to the Art Room” – a Poem

Markers and crayons Pencils and erasers Ink pens and charcoal Lots of colored papers: Tracing and transparent Posterboard and cardboard Matboard, scrap, construction Lots of supplies to hoard! The materials for sculpture Wire, newspapers, wood and clay Papier-mache and ceramics To be done another day Staples, glue and masking tape And a little duct tape ...

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How to Paint Wet-into-Wet with Watercolors

What is the Wet-into-Wet Watercolor Painting Technique? The Wet-into-Wet watercolor panting technique is an explosive and freeing method that strays from the traditional controlled approach to watercolor painting. How Does it Differ From Traditional Watercolor Painting? Watercolor painting can be tricky and exact. Watercolor paper and pigments can be unruly at best, and unforgiving at ...

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Modern Watercolor Painting Concepts

The story of watercolor dates as far back as when the first man learned to paint and interpret his surroundings. Yet as old as it is, watercolor paintings do not sell as much as oils and acrylics. This is because watercolors are developed only lately. Cezanne used it, Eugène Delacroix, François Marius Granet, Henri-Joseph Harpignies ...

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Advanced Watercolor Painting Tips

Following are watercolor painting tips for watercolor artists whose ability is beyond the basic skills and aiming to come out with good painting results and preserve their work for a very long period of time. Paper quality There are different kinds and grades of watercolor and watercolor paper, each has its own consistency and behaves ...