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tachee
| | Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 8:19 pm: |  |
hahaha. thanks. i keep meaning to do light, delicate watercolors. and then i pick up a brush.....i guess that is why pours work so well for me...quicker delivery of dark. |
Victoria
| | Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 6:38 pm: | |
Tachee,
I love the dark colors. I am so tired of washed out pastel-y watercolor paintings. Give me a painting with some umph any day! :) |
tachee
| | Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 11:23 am: | |
thank you. they seem a little darker here. |
artisteff
| | Posted on Sunday, October 9, 2005 - 3:11 pm: | |
Tachee,
Those are beautiful iris's. Thanks for posting them! |
tachee
| | Posted on Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 7:52 pm: | |
whoa! can i do it twice?
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tachee
| | Posted on Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 7:34 pm: | |
here i go with an iris- a background pour
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tachee
| | Posted on Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 7:28 pm: | |
agh. will try to post. i so love looking at everyone's paintings. methinks my first attempts will be titled "your image here" |
artisteff
| | Posted on Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 9:09 am: | |
Tachee,
Thanks for your comments. I also used a little salt in
this picture. You will notice it around the front
elephant's elbow. I would love to see one of your color
pouring pictures if you don't mind posting one. |
tachee
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 10:59 pm: | |
artisteff, love it. i, too, pour in 2 colors. and since i am a tricky person, i have wadded up saran wrap into the mix. let it dry. but, like salt, i know i can overdo that.
you are very good with elephants. skin texture great. |
artisteff
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 10:59 am: | |
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artisteff
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 10:56 am: | |
I got the first image to upload, but I can't get the second
one to.
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artisteff
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 10:54 am: | |
I got the first image to upload, but I can't get the second
one to.
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artisteff
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 10:51 am: | |
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artisteff
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 10:48 am: | |
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artisteff
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 10:43 am: | |
I just read a book where the artist uses color pouring
much like Eugene described below. However, instead
of letting the colors dry between colors, he does it wet
on wet, and lets the colors mingle and flow together,
then off the sheet of paper. Sometimes he will use this
method only for the background or subject. Other times
he uses it for the entire picture, but in stages. He
finishes up the painting by darkening areas that need to
be darkened and adding detail work.
I just finished trying out the technique. Though my
results were not very good, I see it's potential and plan
to continue experimenting with the method. In my case,
I used too intense of colors. I should have diluted the
colors to half the strenght that I used. I blocked out the
foreground and background and only used the pouring
technique on the elephants. I am going to try to
download the picture so you can see. The second
picture is where I went on the computer and took the
color intensity down by 50%. In my opinion, that would
have been a much better picture..
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artisteff
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 10:40 am: | |
I just read a book where the artist uses color pouring
much like Eugene described below. However, instead
of letting the colors dry between colors, he does it wet
on wet, and lets the colors mingle and flow together,
then off the sheet of paper. Sometimes he will use this
method only for the background or subject. Other times
he uses it for the entire picture, but in stages. He
finishes up the painting by darkening areas that need to
be darkened and adding detail work.
I just finished trying out the technique. Though my
results were not very good, I see it's potential and plan
to continue experimenting with the method. In my case,
I used too intense of colors. I should have diluted the
colors to half the strenght that I used. I blocked out the
foreground and background and only used the pouring
technique on the elephants. I am going to try to
download the picture so you can see. The second
picture is where I went on the computer and took the
color intensity down by 50%. In my opinion, that would
have been a much better picture..
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tachee
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 8:38 am: | |
as soon as i saw roycroft's book, i knew this was for me! of course, i also remembered an article where a woman masked her paper,wadded it up then wet it with incredibly beautiful results. and one frustrating wasted paper day later, i knew it was not for me. but pouring is. trying new things usually creates a breakthrough for me...sometimes the failed ones most of all.[why? the joy of going back to what i know?]
but i love pouring in backgrounds. i have saved laundry detergent measuring cups just for this.
sometimes i do not mask, but just brush wet the area. i do large flowers, so pouring backgrounds is a cool method. it seems to work well to get my darks up against my lights. |
Eugene
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 7:24 pm: | |
Robert- It’s a very tedious, time consuming, technique. But the results are luminous color that can’t be done any other way- to my knowledge. Hard to explain but basically you mask your whites and lightest colors, pour liquid colors of yellow, red, and blue. Letting each dry between pours. Then doing more masking and more pouring --building up colors. Finally,finishing with some Brush work. Roland Roycraft has two books on the subject. If you can find them on amazon the descriptions might tell you more about the process..He gets some amazing results. |
Robert
| | Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 7:34 am: | |
Eugene--
Please explain the technique. Sounds interesting. Thanks |
Eugene
| | Posted on Friday, September 23, 2005 - 2:46 pm: | |
Has anyone tried the Roland Roycraft technique of masking, pouring and spattering? I once took a “pouring” workshop with Jean Grastorf. It wasn’t successful (my fault, not hers} She’s a wonderful artist and teacher.
Roycraft’s method is a little different and I think I’ll try it to see if I’ll have more success. His books are fascinating. Please share your pouring experiences. |
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