| Author | Message | ||
  garydoc |
pronounce "plein" as "plen" if you use the French pronunciation, but run the two words together: "plen-aire" | ||
viba |
thank you, john...i shall now venture forth..cobalt is, evidently, one of my favorites and i have been approaching viridian with caution..thanks, again | ||
John Preston |
Viba, It will depend a lot on the lighting of your subject, but in general pale tints of the earth colors such as Burnt Sienna or Yellow Ochre are a good starting point. Cobalt and Viridian work well for mixing the cooler, darker shades of those tints; Pthalos and other blues and greens are generally too powerful for mixing delicate flesh tones unless you're REAL careful. Burnt Umber might be a good starting point for the hair, again, Cobalt and Viridian being the most useful modifiers. | ||
viba |
what do you use for skin tones...for example a 2 year old girl, medium complexion, light brown hair, dark brown eyes??? thanks ..forgot my user name again...but i'm going to guess... | ||
Anonymous |
since these messages apply to outdoor painting, would someone tell me how to pronounce plein, as in plein air painting... a phonic description would be appreciated. | ||
Sid |
You can also spatter on masking fluid to create spots of white spray up on the rocks. And, if you are not a purist, you can add some white spray drops by spattering white gouache on the rocks above the main white spray area. Sid | ||
unyru |
Linda, thanks a lot, If you see another, partial message from me I goofed with the keyboard. Your explaination made a light go off in my head. So that's it! Make the rocks the negative, the seaspray a positive. It sounds so-o-o simple. Of course nothing is really simple in watercolor,which is my medium, but I am off to try your solution as soon as I finish this "thank you" for it. Catch that jabby22? Let us hear how your new effort turns out. | ||
Linda |
You only paint the rock partially. The spray is white, and you know generally where you want it to appear. Paint the spray area with clear water, and now observe carefully the wetness of it, for when you paint your rock, the timing must be right. The clear water spray area should be wet, a sheen, but no extra water so the rock color goes where YOU want it to go, not wherever the clear water happens to take the rock color. Paint the rock INTO the spray. You are actually negative-painting the spray. The same holds for spray into sky, or spray onto anything. Negative paint it. Pull the sky into the spray, always first wetting the spray area with clear water and timing it just right. Perhaps experiment on a piece of scrap paper a few tries, so you'll be confident. Good Luck!!! | ||
unryu |
jabby22,wish I knew..now that rhymes! I hope several seascape artists will explain "how to" because creating a seaspray looks so easy, but it is not unless you know how. I've done them in oils and watercolors and am still befuddled when confronted with a new image of the sprays on the rocks. Once in awhile I suceed by a sheer number of tries and scrub-outs. Head for books and articles by seascape artists. Which medium do you use? Look for books with articles in your chosen medium and about seascapes. Try copying what you see until you feel confident about painting those lovely sprays on rocks? Anything goes if it helps. | ||
jabby22 |
When painting seascapes how do you create a spray hitting a rock. |
