Sunday, January 13, 2013

Watercolor

There are a lot of oil/acrylic paintings out there and it seems to be the more popular style, so I thought I would upload a few watercolor works.
You can find a lot of information & history about aquarelle on the internet.  But speaking from a more practical point of view  (that I learnt from personal art blogs) watercolor is:
- cheaper than oil, easier to set up
- you can mix and create any color but it doesn't last as long as oil painting
- it dries quicker (could be problematic for a "slow" type of artist)
- it easily runs, hence can be difficult to work with
- can warp the paper
- if you sketch before using color it's hard to "hide" pencil lines
- and etc.


Yuriy Shevchuk "Prague Old Town Square"

Yuriy Shevchuk "Prague Mustek First Heat"

Ora Marlene O'Toole "Happiness is Flowers"
Janis Grau "Spring Poppies"


Nita Leger Casey "Spring on Newburry Street"





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