If you learn painting by yourself, it's like walking across the United States.
Learning to paint from a good teacher is like flying across the United States.
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These are a few basic things I did to learn painting. These simple habits plus learning four basic elements of art made me a painter.
Paint regularly, no matter whether you paint daily, weekly or monthly - paint regularly.
Many professional artists paint daily.
Join your local art association. Paint with other artists. Go to classes and art shows. Get feedback from your friends and family.
Sharing and seeing artwork will encourage you and stimulate you with new ideas.
The best place the start painting is to paint the things you see around you.
"Koi Feeding" was a natural for me to paint.
My parents had a tropical fish business with outdoor ponds. When we fed the fish, they would all swarm around the food.
Successful paintings contain the elements of line, form, space, shape, texture, value, color, balance, movement, pattern, proportion, etc.
Use the four most important elements - composition, focal point, values and color.
Good composition makes the viewers feel comfortable in your paintings.
Composition comes naturally to some people, but it can also be learned.
It's easy to compose good paintings when you know how to use the rule of thirds.
The focal point is the main subject of your painting.
It is what made you want to paint the subject.
Correctly painted focal points draw the viewer into your paintings.
Learn to see and use values in your paintings.
Values are the backbone of good paintings. Value is the lightness and darkness of colors.
The dark Bluebird shows up well against the light background.
You are probably anxious to start using color.
Color is one of the reasons I'm an artist because I absolutely love color.
Understanding of the color wheel makes it easy to use and manipulate the colors in your paintings.
Choose either watercolor or oil paints are based on the color wheel.
We don't have to buy all the beautiful colors from the paint store.
I snap pictures when I am doing the painting and carefully document all the steps. Each step is fully explained. You can learn painting by following the tutorials.
Then you can use the methods with your subjects and create your own individual paintings.
Information about watercolor for beginners. Answers to frequently asked questions about watercolor, paints, colors, what to paint on, how to use watercolor, etc.
It took courage to do this painting because practically every other person I know is a horse owner.
I no longer have a live model to paint from, but I stepped out in faith. Lots of fun!
We went to a cookout at the local feed store. The best thing was watching all the children run and play. I had been working on this oil painting of an equine. And I thought some lucky child will so…
Information about watercolor for beginners. Answers to frequently asked questions about watercolor, paints, colors, what to paint on, how to use watercolor, etc.
It took courage to do this painting because practically every other person I know is a horse owner.
I no longer have a live model to paint from, but I stepped out in faith. Lots of fun!
We went to a cookout at the local feed store. The best thing was watching all the children run and play. I had been working on this oil painting of an equine. And I thought some lucky child will so…