“Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure” Essential Questions: 1.What is the difference between watercolor and acrylic painting, and does it effect how I approach a painting? 2. How do we create the luminosity effect?
Enduring Understanding: ~Draw what you see, NOT what you think you see~
Learning Objectives: Students will- 1. Recognize and produce various watercolor techniques 2. Learn and practice the art of watercolor 3. Understand “reverse painting” 4. Enhance their compositional skills
Terms: Luminosity: (in ref. to watercolor) light passes through to the white paper and reflects back through the colors with a translucent quality. Value: lightness/darkness of an area Composition: organization of different parts to create a unified whole - what needs to be emphasized? - 1 object focal point (NOT IN MIDDLE) - strong contrast (light against dark-cool against warm) - eyes need a place to rest! - visual pathways to the focal point Tone: how light or dark a color is *tonal values = more important than color itself!
Tips from the Teach: • PATIENCE-PERSERVEARANCE-PRACTICE ·less is more ·water = white ·watercolor = a semitransparent medium, light colors cannot be laid over dark---lay down light colors first! ·Always have clean water (filtered is most effective) ·PLAN where the light is ·Pencil sketch accurately ·Free flow ·Consider what mood you’d like to convey and try to show that through brushstrokes
Washes: ·quick, well loaded brush ·relaxed wrist ·once wash is applied-leave it ·CONFIDENCE is KEY!
--wet on wet-- - beautiful, atmospheric effects (skies, water, gradiating tone) -“living dangerously” - mix colors on paper - colors spread and merge together - dries soft and hazy - can only control to certain extent…let happy accidents happen! --wet on dry-- - “direct” - sharp, well defined edges - doesn’t spread - can do washes, let dry, then paint over - lots of white can be left - FUN FACT!!---painting over underlying color is more luminescent (painting blue over a dry yellow- vs. mixing blue and yellow in palette). Why do you think this happens? --graduated wash-- - strong color at top gradually lightening toward bottom
“OH NO!!! I messed up!”………fix this by: - lifting with brush and water - q tip-cotton ball - scratch off - add hi-lights with white paint (not recommended)
- pencil pre-drawing (Accuracy is key) - solid composition - masking tape border - strong contrast - white paper remaining - mix of hard and soft edges (how do we do that? Reference washes)
discussing examples below : I DO encourage to incorporate your individual style...along with painting FROM OBSERVATION. See tree landscape below.