Every person can create something beautiful. Don’t be afraid of a blank piece of paper or a blank canvas.
Experiment with different mediums and techniques.
I’ll do my best to help you.
Watercolor is very capricious but highly addictive. Methinks, everybody who uses this medium has exclaimed at least once: ‘These paints are going to make me crazy! I’m done!’ – and reached for them again in a few days…
You might already know, that charcoal is made either of natural branches heated in a kiln or from charred wood dust mixed with binders (I’ve got a post on the subject here). Today I want to tell you what are the differences between its two forms.
Charcoal gives more intensive black color than graphite, enable a draughtsman to experiment with a rich variety of tonal gradation. This organic material is perfectly suited for classic drawing, particularly for portraying a nude human body.
The right rubber acts as a superhero: it’s readily saving the wonderful worlds which you are creating with graphite pencils. The wrong one can ruin your drawing.
I like regular pencils but sometimes it seems to me that grey graphite sketches look too stern. Reddish-brown sanguine drawings are much warmer.
According to a popular belief, synthetic bristle is simply not comparable to Kolinsky sable or even squirrel. Synthetic brushes have a number of drawbacks, that’s true, but I’m sure: they offer significant advantages over their counterparts at the same time. And it isn’t just about their low price.
The head of brush may be manufactured of synthetic or natural materials. Modern-day polyester filaments differ greatly in performance – you never know what they’re capable of until you try to use them. The behavior of natural material is more predictable. Each animal hair type has specific characteristics.
If you want to get on with a person, you’ll have to understand the person’s nature. It’s the same thing with paints. They are very varied.
Whether you want to become a draughtsman or a painter, you will use pencils. How to choose them? Let me give you some pointers.
An easel can become either an essential part of your art kit or a cumbersome thing collecting dust. Don’t acquire it without a careful planning.
