CAPE TOWN ART GALLERIES
Funky Frames Art Gallery
Water Colors
Water color painting is the method whereby pigments are
mixed with water or water based solution and applied to paper or a solid base .
This base could be board or bark or even as in the Egyptian times papyrus. Sometimes
canvas is used.Thisis different to oil painting
The effect of this
form is that of delicacy or translucency due to the thinness of the applied
paint.
In places in Asia
like Japan and China ground black ink was used and this was called in Ink wash
painting. One could even use the artist’s fingers for application
As far as the technique used in water color there are many of which are unique
to this art form
Flat washing is that which applies the basic back ground
to the paper. This can be graded. Also
there is use of glazes which can give
a glazed in effect. As far as using graded
texture in applying the paint there can be dry application or wet where the
paint is allowed to run across borders.
Apart from painting
using straight application paint can
be splattered on sprayed on stamped
using sponge here for this technique. To give different surface technique hat
can be produced by brush use may be made of plastic film or tissue paper application
on the semi died paint to give texture or patterning.
Sgrafitto using a sharp point is also an option to reveal
line work in the base paper color.
Using modern options spraying or airbrushing may be used
As far as application
is mentioned there can be the approach of dropping
in color where paint is introduced on other wet paint or the opposite,
namely lifting off where existing wet paint is removed from the surface both
giving very different results
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| Sunflower Burst - H Kimmel |
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| Abstract on Silk - H Kimmel |
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| Camps Bay - W Outhewaite |
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| Trees in a River Scene - Anon |
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| "Purple Tulips" - S. Muscroft 2008 |
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| Cabernet - Angie Strauss | | | |
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| "White Lilies" - Luciette Moore |
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| Wide Open Karroo - H.Kimmel |
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| Moody Meandering Riverside Scene - H.Kimmel |
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| Avante Garde Petunias - H.Kimmel |
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| Milnerton - H Kimmel |
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| Australian Shoreline - H Kimmel |
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| "Zanzibar in technicolor" - H Kimmel |
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| "Deserted and Forgotten" - H Kimmel |
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| Study of rural Area. South Africa - H.Kimmel |
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| Running Youth in the Alley - Anon Greece |
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| River Scene - H Kimmel |
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| Hillside Village - Marge |
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| Clanwilliam Dam - H.Kimmel |
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| Masai Mara - H.Kimmel |
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| "Pirates Ahoy" - H Kimmel |
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| Hillside Village - H Kimmel |
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| Three Dancers - Anon |
FINE WATER COLOR ART WORKS : All available from - Funky Frames Art Gallery
