Watercolour

Abstract

 Watercolour paints is made of ground pigment mixed with a water soluble binding medium,usually gum Arabic .All painting processes,watercolour painting is known fir its inherent delicacy and subtlety because watercolour art is all about thin washes and transparent colour.Almost traditional artists are work on paper.Watercolours are often diluted and applied as overlaying washes(thin,transparent layers)to build up depth of colour.Oftentimes the white of the painting surface will gleam through and lend itself to the luminosity of the painting.





Here mostly applied to paper using soft hair brushes such as sable,goat hair,squirrel,and synthetic brushes.At almost a successful artists know how to balance control and freedom in their work,using watercolour painting techniques that create effects that often occur almost by accident rather than on purpose.Washes can be laid in a variety of ways to create a different range of effects.Here for example,a wet-in-wet wash to can be achieved by laying a wash on top of another wet wash,lifting out and masking out for highlights,and dozens of other techniques to achieve textural effects.These washes blend together to give a fused effect.The sponges are used to modify washes by soaking up paint so that areas of pigment are lightened or removed from the paper.


In contrast to both approaches,when a small amount of pigment is mixed with a lot of hum,then applied a lot of water the pigment is less dense and so the paint becomes transparent.Water colour also applied undiluted-a technique known as fry brush-to create a broken-colour effect.Water colours are generally transparent and allow light to reflect from the surface of the paper through the layers of paint to give a luminous effect.They can be thickened and made opaque by adding body colour(Chinese white).


Most using tools for watercolour

*Tubes of watercolour paints
*Paper(Rough,Medium,Smooth)
*Brushes(sizes 1-6)
*Natural sponge
*Tripod stand
*Mixing colour lid


Examples for washes

*Wash over dry brush  =Wash laid over paint applied with dry brush gives two-tone effect.
*Graded wash              =Strong wash applied to tilted paper gives graded effect.
*Dry brush                   =Undiluted paint dragged across surface of paper gives broken effect.
*Wet in wet                  =Two diluted washes left to run together to give fused effect.

Types of brushes used in watercolour

*Soft hair brushes
*Round sable brushes
*Synthetic wash brush
*Squirrel mop wash brush
*Large goat hake wash brush