Articles tagged: "canvas painting"

1: FAQs About Portrait Painting Answered

Here are some frequently asked questions about painting, in particular painting of portraits.

2: Develop Your Aesthetic Instinct for Harmonious Paintings

Lacking the guidance of definite rules and regulations for color harmony, the artist must rely to a considerable extent on what we rather loosely term the aesthetic instinct or the "eye." This vague, subconscious power helps him in many ways. Strangely, he can often depend on it more than on his conscious judgment.

3: Oil Painting for Beginners

Once you have selected your canvas or panel and set your palette, you have only to pick up some color on your brush or knife and begin to paint. It 's as simple as that. Of course, how you hold your brush or knife and the manner in which you apply paint to canvas can make a very great difference in the kind of picture you will paint.

4: Hints To Help You Paint

If you are going to paint a child one to three years old there is little help which anyone can give you. It is possible to get such a child 's attention for only seconds at a time. You will need to use certain techniques and this article will help you with some of them.

5: Creating a Masterpiece

One of the advantages of watercolor painting is that it calls for but little in the way of equipment. We shall consider briefly the materials needed before you can start to work. By following these few simple pieces of advice, you will be well on your way to creating your own masterpiece.

6: How to Understand the Qualities of Color

Let us consider color as an artist sees and uses it. Color has three main qualities: hue, value and intensity.

7: Understanding the Facts of Color

Color is so constantly in evidence in our daily lives that we are inclined to give it almost no conscious attention. We merely accept color, failing not so much in our appreciation of its beauty - for we all like cooler - as in a full realization of what an important part it plays in our daily lives.