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Color Basics
For successful works, mastering the use and blending of colors is essential. As an introduction or a reminder, here are the basic concepts and principles to know!
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Mix Media: Selecting your material
Paper, paintbrushes, soft rags, drawing board… Using several techniques is like reasoning in the plural. And becoming attached to the peculiarities of each medium!
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Mix Media : Preparing and maintaining your materials
Creating first and foremost calls for being methodical… and working with dry media requires impeccable cleanliness without fail. Acquiring the right gestures will give you a leg up!
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Mix media: Basic concepts
Many artists work by combining several media, such as water-based painting and pencil. Some have made it their specialty, happily blending techniques, whether ostentatiously or discreetly. It's a matter of affinity!
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Making Watercolor Paint, Oil Paint, and Gouache
The subtle, sparkling shades of watercolor paint…You only need a few minutes to create homemade watercolors. If they aren’t better than manufacturer colors, they are certainly just as good
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Landscapes: Creating an Atmosphere
The serenity of early morning, the surrealism of a foggy backdrop, the theatricality of a stormy scene… A memorable landscape is characterized first and foremost by an identifiable atmosphere.
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Landscapes: Working with Natural Elements
The role played by a natural setting (sky, sea, field, prairie, etc.) depends on the place that it occupies in the composition, but also on the treatment that it receives.
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Still life: selecting colors successfully
A still life is a composition of live objects! While the direction of the lines or paint brush strokes makes handling volumes easier, your perfect mastery of color is what gives them realistic contours.
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Composing Landscapes
Framing, organization, exhibition…Composing a landscape requires knowing how to observe, but also how to make the best decisions at the right moment.
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Composing a still life
A basket of fruit or vegetables, an armful of freshly gathered flowers or a pair of eyeglasses left near an open book: a still life is a freeze frame. Here are a few pointers to breathe some life into it!
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