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Presented By: ASMA NAZ Fine Arts Dept. DA College for Women - viii
Watercolor Introduction
• Watercolor paints, known traditionally as aquarelle in France, are a painting medium in which pigment is suspended in gum Arabic and then applied to paper in combination with water. • Watercolor is a transparent painting, where the white of the paper furnishes the lights and no white pigment is used in the surface of execution of the picture
Importance of Watercolor
• Modern watercolor paints are now as durable and colorful as oil or acrylic paints, and the recent renewed interest in drawing and multimedia art has also stimulated demand for fine works in watercolor .
• Watercolor is no longer a fragile medium. The pigments are colorfast, and the papers and boards are acid-free. • Watercolor was once considered an important medium. And it is gradually reclaiming its place as a vehicle for the most beautiful and unexpected artistic expression.
Materials
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Watercolor Paints
• Commercial watercolor paints come in two grades: "Artist" and "Student .
• "Transparent" colors do not have titanium dioxide or most of the earth pigments, which are very opaque.
• Watercolors appear more vivid than acrylics or oils because the pigments are laid down in a more pure form with fewer fillers (such as kaolin) obscuring the pigment colors. • Modern commercial watercolor paints are available in two forms: tubes or pans.
Materials
Watercolor Brushes
• A brush consists of three parts: The tuft, the ferrule and the handle.
• The tuft is a bundle of animal hairs or synthetic fibers tied tightly together at the base; the ferrule is a metal sleeve that surrounds the tuft, protects from water the glue joint between the trimmed, flat base of the tuft and the lacquered wood handle, which is typically shorter in a watercolor brush than in an oil painting brush, and also has a distinct shape, widest just behind the ferrule and tapering to the tip.
Materials
Watercolor Paper
• Watercolor paper is artists' paper which has been designed specifically for the watercolor medium. It is usually specially treated to make it less absorbent, so that the watercolors will not bleed and muddle together on the paper.
• There are three primary components which impact the look and feel of watercolor paper. The first is how the paper is treated, the second is how the paper is processed after manufacture, and the third is weight. • The paper is also available in the form of a watercolor block, which is glued down on all four sides, making it like a portable clipboard full of paper.
Techniques
• Watercolors are traditionally applied in layers called washes. This can be flat, graded, and accomplished in reverse by the removal of some part of an either still wet or already dry wash.
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