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Watercolor Painting Tips : Adding Darker Color Watercolor Painting

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:25:15 +0000

Create depth in watercolor paintings by adding darker colors with the help of our expert in this free video clip on painting with watercolor.

Expert: Kristine Mueller
Bio: Kristine Mueller is an artist and designer who has studied drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, and design.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan

Duration : 0:2:41

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Learn Oil Painting 2/2: How to Paint A Puppy Dog- Finishing/Glazing

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:18:18 +0000

This is the second of two videos that I (Merrill Kazanjian) made to help the beginner understand the process of oil painting. http://merrillk.com
Welcome to part 4 of my painting video. We are now going to talk about finishing a painting with a strategy called glazing. When an artist glazes he or she adds transparent color as the final layers of a painting. That means that an artist usually uses paints that are transparent to translucent. Most paint companies, put a marker on the outside of their tubes to let a customer know about the properties of the paint. An empty box means that the color is transparent, a half filled box means that the paint is translucent. For any beginner who wishes to try glazing, buy paints that are transparent to translucent.

I have a list of transparent to translucent paints on my website Merrillk.com. The “glazing colors” which I used to finish this painting are in a list at the end of the video description. When I set up my palette, I combine these special paints with a painting medium called Liquin……. But what does the painting medium do? And how does it help you glaze? Let me explain with an analogy; think of frozen orange juice and frozen grape juice! When these two juices are frozen in their containers, they are opaque, meaning that you cannot see through them. But, when you add the correct amount of water, the frozen orange juice becomes translucent and the frozen grape juice becomes transparent. In other words, the concentrated forms of these juices become diluted and the mixture spreads out………Now think of the popular drinks, Gatorade, Vitamin Water, or Life Water….They are even more diluted from their concentrated form!

Glazing works the same way, but with paint medium, rather than water. The tube of paint is the equivalent of the frozen concentrated juice and the painting medium is the equivalent of the water. When a painter employs the strategy of glazing, he or she adds a good amount of painting medium to transparent and translucent paints.
My personal preference is to mix equal amounts of oil paint and Liquin Painting Medium on the palette with a palette knife…..and I usually leave a pool of Liquin on the side, so that I can dilute the mixture even more, if I need to.

Artists have put hundreds of layers of glazes on a painting, but you have to wait for the previous layer to dry. Now I will demonstrate the process.

Be sure use soft tipped brushes when you glaze oil paint. A fan brush is also a great tool to use. Fan brushes are used to spread wet paint on a paintings surface. They do not carry a lot of paint which is an advantage if you want to blend paint evenly (a brush that carries a lot of paint such as a large round brush has to be used VERY DELICATELY).

When I glaze, I usually apply the paint with round brushes. BUT, I manipulate the paint that I applied with fan brushes.

You can Glaze an Oil Painting Countless Times

The colors that I used to glaze were, Ultramarine Blue, Ultramatine Purple, Italian Brown Pink Lake and Davy’s Grey from Old Holland Classic Oil Colors, Asphaltum Black from Mussini Oil Colors Chromatic Black from Gamblin Oil Colors and Zinc White from Vasari Oil Colors.

Duration : 0:6:29

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Oil Painting Techniques : How to Paint Roses on Oil Canvas

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:13:17 +0000

When painting roses on oil canvas, start with an undertone and use a model of rose, making sure to note that the petals of roses overlap. Find out how to add stems and leaves to paintings of roses with help from an artist in this free video on painting roses on oil canvas.

Expert: Carlos Navarro
Contact: www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/c/carlosnavarro
Bio: Carlos Navarro is an artist and history teacher at Design and Architecture Senior High, in Miami, Fla., who was born in Havana, Cuba.
Filmmaker: Paul Muller

Duration : 0:2:8

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Oil Painting Techniques : Using Oil Pastels

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:06:35 +0000

Most oil pastels are a combination of wax, oil and pigment, and the harder oil pastels are usually placed onto paper first. Find out how to use oil pastels, and how to create additional effects through the use of knives and wet brushes with help from an experienced artist in this free video on oil painting.

Expert: Lisa Wright & Laura Pace
Contact: www.AselArt.com
Bio: Lisa Wright and Laura Pace are a part of the staff at Asel Art in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

Duration : 0:2:41

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How to paint your house the FAST way! (part 1)

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:29:11 +0000

New product from www.painthelpers.com. Learn how to paint your house twice as fast and get very clean lines with this simple trick. Fast way to paint around doors, windows, ceilings, baseboards, crown moulding, cathedral ceilings, vaulted ceilings, and chair rail. If you’re tired of getting up and down a ladder all day, you need to watch this video.

Duration : 0:4:53

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Learn Watercolor Painting.

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:01:38 +0000

http://www.caproni.com.mx/wpaint.html “At Last! You Can Learn To Paint Beautiful Watercolors PerfectlyWithout All the Trial and Error” Step-By-Step Watercolor Guide Gives You All The Secrets To Creating Fresh and Vibrant Watercolor Painting

Duration : 0:0:40

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How to Create a Watercolor Painting Journal : How to Make a Watercolor Travel Kit

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:04:27 +0000

Learn how to make a travel kit for your watercolor painting journal in this free video on how to paint with watercolors.

Expert: Libby Caldwell
Contact: www.libbycaldwell.blogspot.com
Bio: Libby Caldwell teaches watercolor painting at the Sedona Art Center in Arizona.
Filmmaker: Chuck Tyler

Duration : 0:2:22

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Oil Painting Techniques : Varnishing Oil Paintings

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:55:54 +0000

Varnish is used on an oil painting to protect it from environmental pollution, cigarette smoke and to even out matte and glossy areas. Apply varnish on an oil painting in a well-ventilated area with help from an experienced artist in this free video on oil painting.

Expert: Lisa Wright & Laura Pace
Contact: www.AselArt.com
Bio: Lisa Wright and Laura Pace are a part of the staff at Asel Art in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

Duration : 0:4:48

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oil painting techniques ~ portrait 1/3 (underpainting 1 – edge layer)

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:35:16 +0000

this is the initial underpainting

what your aiming to do here is define and fix edges and lines which could
otherwise become lost in subsequent layers
avoid creating edges you don’t want by blurring them out using painting Medium

colors used:
permanent rose
cadmium yellow light
french ultramarine
titanium white

brand:
Griffin Alkyd fast drying oil color

Mediums:
Liquin

wearing gloves
Disposable gloves should be considered when working with oil paints. Many pigments & mediums are toxic and can be absorbed through the skin.

part 2/3

part 3/3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYODbxECS7E&feature=response_watch

website
http://www.mniland.com

Duration : 0:1:21

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Oil Painting Techniques : Oil Painting Tips for Beginners

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:35:08 +0000

When beginners are doing oil paintings, they should try to paint as if they were doing a drawing, and avoid painting as if they were painting a wall. Learn about putting a ground in oil paintings with help from an artist in this free video on oil painting techniques.

Duration : 0:2:16

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