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RANDOM TIPS Water miscible oils are an excellent medium for classroom,
studio and en plein air work. Although with limitations, water soluble oils
handle like traditional oils but without the odor and mess. They also possess
similar qualities to watercolor, however, use of excessive water will cause
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PAINTING EXERCISES Experiment with water miscible oils on an 11" x 14" sheet of canvas paper. Push the paint around as it comes directly out of the tube. Try adding a little water, then a lot. To improve flow and speed drying, add a small amount of water mixable oil fast drying medium. Experiment with color mixing. Use red, yellow and blue to make oranges, greens and violets. See what color is made by mixing yellow and black. For a fun painting exercise, begin with the following drawing activity: Draw three different shapes (image areas) such as an oval (9" x 12"), a long rectangle (7" x 12"), and a square(9" x 9"). Choose simple subject matter such as flowers, plants, hands, shoes, animals, birds, seashells, inanimate objects, etc. Sketch some part of your subject matter within each shape (image area). Stretch subject matter vertically to fit within the rectangular area. Curve it to fit inside the circular shape. Allow it to spill out on one side of the square frameline. Transfer your best drawing to canvas paper. Paint with wild color! Or quiet, traditional color. Or both! Paint both foreground and background shapes, or paint only background shapes! Set off warm (yellow, orange, red) foreground shapes with a cool (green, blue, violet) background. Try the reverse - cool foreground against a warm background. Save the original drawing and it can be transfered more than once. |
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INSPIRATION While there are painters who turn the sun into a yellow spot, there are artists who transform a yellow spot into the sun. To more fully realize one's artistic potential, inject small doses of creativity into everyday routine. Regular art journaling is important as documentation and helps to express ideas for and inject meaning into larger pieces of art. To begin is the thing. Begin anywhere, anyhow. Pick up your materials and get started. "I know of no other encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor." Henry David Thoreau "Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." Edgar Degas Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is." Henri Matisse |
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