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September 8, 2009

Landscape with Oils

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We will assume that since my last painting post you have drawn your image onto your canvas and are now ready to paint. Prepare your paint area, have your paints and brushes set out neatly with your water or turps and a rag. You should sit so that you have access to the canvas and your image as well as your materials. So you have drawn your image onto the canvas and you are ready to begin painting.

Use a flat long bristle brush, a flat short bristle brush, a filbert and a round. Use a little blue paint mixed with turps to begin filling in the dark tones and shadows. Lighten your mix a little then you can fill in the mid tones. You can leave the light tones for now, this is your first wash and it is the beginning of giving depth to you painting you will add layers on top of the wash.

Mix a brown and begin by painting the dark areas of the design, trees, dirt or rocks. Use a large brush and leave edges rough as they would appear in life. Paint the midtones into the trees and mix up a green as well. You do not need to dilute too much for this layer. You may need to allow some layers to dry before continuing.

Remember the light source must be consistent so check your image for all the light tones. Mix your main colour with a little white and add to all the light locations. This process can be repeated until you reach your desired paint effect.

Have fun :)

August 30, 2009

Paint Class 2

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How did you go with your drawing? If you didn’t have a projector then drawing by scale would be the other method to use. Most people would have done this before in their school art class and it works very well. Most drawings will come out fairly accurate using  scales. For anyone who’s not sure, use a ruler to draw lines diagonally and horizontally over your enlarged copy of the picture you wish to paint. Do the same onto your canvas, be sure to measure the same number of boxes onto each. So step by step, box by box you can begin to draw your picture. Take your time and just focus on one box at a time, before you know it you will have drawn your picture.

The next step and a rule my art teacher tells us every week is to put out your pallet. Now in my art class  we use a pallet of six colours and white, cool blue, warm blue, cool red, warm red, cool yellow and warm yellow. With those colours you can make any colour at all. Now when you lay out your pallet you need to know what colour you want and you will usually need it in three shades so you can put the effects of shadow and light into your painting. It’s a good idea to make a colour chart so it’s a little easier when it comes to what colours you need to mix to create the colour you want. So I will let you know how to do that in my next post.

Have Fun :)

July 27, 2009

Painting Kids

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Here are some more great ideas to keep your kids painting and using their imaginations.

People Painting

You will need:- Long rolls of paper or some really large sheets of paper, (plain, old bed sheets are good too), crayons or paint, brushes.

What to do:- Place child size sheet of paper (or bed sheet) on ground. Have one child (the model) lay down on the paper (or sheet) while another child (the drawer) or adult draws an outline around the model. If  more than one child, then, do the same again but swap the drawer with the model. Each child will now have a life size picture to paint.

When finished, hang the painting to dry. Once dry the painting can be hung or cut out and used for other activities or decoration. If you have painted on fabric sheets you can sew a hem at the top and bottom, place some timber dowel into each end and you have a wonderful wall hanging. The paintings could also be decorated with fabric, buttons, wool etc; for clothes, eyes, hair and so on.

Mural Painting

What you need:- Same as above, if you can’t get sheets large enough you can join two or more pieces together.

What to do:- Make with a group of children as for the people painting above but you will want to make sure these are as tall as the children. When painting is finished cut out a hole for the faces and hang from a clothes lines or similar so the children can stand behind their paintings with their faces peeping through. The children can make up games etc. around these murals and have a lot of fun swaping over.

The possibilities are endless…..Have Fun:)

July 26, 2009

Kids Painting Fun

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Blot Painting

What You Need:- Paint, brush, spoon or flat stick, paper.

Method:-Fold paper in half then open it out flat. Place paper on flat surface. Put paint drops down the fold or on one side of the paper with a brush, spoon or stick. Fold paper over again and rub palms of hands over paper, starting at fold and working out toward edges. Open paper and see what shapes the blots have made. Some shapes can look like objects, animals or insects. These shape’s can be later cut out and used for cards, mobiles or other crafts.

String Painting

What You Need:- Paint, string or wool, brushes. clip type clothes pegs, paper.

Method:- Cut lengths of string or wool 30-50 cm long. Lay paper on a flat surface. Holding one end of string with a peg dip string into paint. You may need a brush to help cover all of the string. Trail the string around the paper to make different patterns. Lift strings and dry flat.

Another Method with String:- Place painted string on paper with attached peg over the edge, fold paper as in blot paper painting, place one hand on top of folded paper with the other hand pull string out. Repeat with different colours.

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