you can learn painting
painting is fun!
learn to paint beautiful art creations
successful oil, watercolor and acrylic paintings
all use the same basic art principles
- If you learn painting by teaching yourself, it's like walking across the United States.
- If you learn with a good teacher, it's like flying across the United States.
Let me share what I have learned.....
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what helped me learn painting?
paint regularly
If someone is learning to play the piano, they practice daily. Many professional artists paint every day.
Paint regularly, no matter whether you paint daily, weekly or monthly - paint regularly.
- When you paint on a regular basis, you put your artistic learning into overdrive!
share your paintings
Share with your family and art-oriented people.
Join a local art association. Paint with other artists. Go to classes. Go to art shows. Get feedback.
Sharing and seeing other artwork will encourage you and stimulate you with new ideas.
paint familiar things
The best place the start painting is to paint the things you see around you. You do the best job of painting subjects you understand.
My parents had a wholesale tropical fish business with numerous outdoor fish ponds. When we fed the fish, they would all swarm around the food. So "Koi Feeding" was a natural for me.
Paint what is familiar.the basics of successful paintings
Use the basics to create beautiful paintings.composition
Composition comes naturally to some people, but it can also be learned.
It's easy to make your paintings draw the viewer in.
Easy Compositionfocal point
What is the main subject of your painting?
The main subject will be the focal point of your painting.
Focal Pointvalues
Values are the backbone of good paintings.
Color is fun, but paintings fall flat without the use of contrasting values.
Valuescolor is the icing on the cake
- You are probably anxious to start with color.
Color is probably one of the reasons I'm an artist because I absolutely love color.
Understanding of the color wheel makes it easy to use color.
Color Wheelwhat colors should you buy?
- Single pigment colors mix beautiful additional colors.
The paint colors on my palette (both watercolor and oil paints) are based on the color wheel.
Choosing Colorsmix paint colors
- Color is what makes a painting sing.
We don't have to buy all the beautiful colors from the paint store. We can mix any color from a basic palette.
Mix Paint Colorsselect the colors for your individual paintings
- Plan out your colors before you start painting.
A color scheme with a limited number of colors makes a harmonious painting.
Color Schemespaint often to speed your learning
While you learn painting, you are going to want to do some of the how-to-paintings.
I snap pictures when I am doing a painting and carefully document all the steps.
The why and how of each step is fully explained. Follow the steps and practice to learn painting.
- Use the methods with your own subjects and create your individual paintings.
most importantly - have fun learning to paint!
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