7 Ways to Become a Proficient Painter
May 31, 2009 by admin
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To start with, try all seven methods and then choose one technique that best suits your style of painting. Don’t just work on one technique and presume that the rest is not meant for you. You can even try to creatively combine a couple of techniques together to create an impressive and
Blocking In
In this style of painting, the artist works on the background, subject and the foreground, all in sequence. As an artist you should make a rough composition of what you want to draw on your canvas and the tones of colors to block in the subject. Then, the wet paint should be allowed to dry after which you add details, shades, shadows and more tone to the picture.
Sketching One By One
There are a few professional artists, who prefer to sketch, paint and add details in one section at a time and once that segment is done the artist moves on to paint another section of the same painting. Many people choose to start from a corner of the canvas and slowly move to the center and then to the extreme end of the paper. But a few artist paint different still life components, one by one adding details then and there. Acrylic paint can be used to blend colors on the canvas itself.
Detailing The Foreground/ Subject First
Artists who follow this style of painting, work on the subject or the foreground first and then paint their background. They often complete 50% or more detailing of the foreground and then switch to adding shades to the background. Using this technique is not as easy as it seems to be. If you are not confident about your brush strokes and think that you will mess up the subject while painting the background, then you must consider twice before you choose this painting style. Once you are done with the detailing of your subject you can apply contrast paint for the subject to stand out.