This week I decided to not only explore YouTube and iMovie, but also try out some interesting watercolour techniques. For this activity I looked up some techniques online to attempt. I started off this project by taping off the edges to not only create a boarder but to keep my page in one spot and do my best to keeping the paper from lifting. I then taped off a grid so I could practice each technique on one piece of paper as I do not want to waste any of it. I wrote down techniques I found on a blog site, read the descriptions of how to achieve each one, and got to work! This Time-lapse of my technique exploration was created using a iPhone, iMovie, and YouTube! I shot the footage on my phone, put it through iMovie, played around with it to make the video just right, and then uploaded it to YouTube. My first technique was a flat wash, and trust me, it is ALOT harder than it looks to create a flat background or wash. The blog said it was one of the simplest techniques and boy was I let down. My flat wash ended up having an uneven finish, but when I did a flat wash for the building layers, and glazing techniques it turned out a bit better than the first try. Building layers and glazing needed a bit of time in-between each layer so I did them first as I could go back to them in-between the rest of the squares I painted. I would do a layer and then work on another technique, build a layer then move on to another technique, and so on. In the end I didn't leave enough time between the second and third layer in the building layers square. but my glaze technique turned out well I let the flat wash layer dry for a while and then dipped into vibrant colours to glaze overtop The graded and variegated washed were quite similar, graded was simply just one colour in a gradient, and variegated was two coloured used on opposite sided of the square that gradually met in the middle to create a gradient from one colour to another. My wet on wet looked super pretty when I first played down the paint, but as it was drying the paint spread out and everything kind of looked less pretty.. from my perspective. I think I may have added a little too much water, so as I practice I will keep that in mind, and find another approach to this technique with less value/intensity. My brother wondered what would happen if I scratched an image into the paper and painted over it, we thought maybe the paint would pool into the crevasse and appear darker than the background. At first our hypothesis was appearing to be true, but as the paint dried, it all looked the same colour and as you can see in one of the previous photos, you can hardly see the heart I drew in it. It was a creative, yet disappointing experiment!
I then went back to the website and saw a masking tape technique, I ripped up some take placed it down making sure it was secure to the paper and nothing would leak under. I then painted it a vibrant orange so we could clearly see if it leaked underneath and I was ecstatic with the result! On a larger scale I think this technique could be used to create a very interesting art piece. My second last technique was thirsty brush, this one I named myself, because I wanted to see if I could lift some of the wet paint from the paper to create a cool effect. I took a dry brush and rubbed it on the paper in a circle to pull some of the colour off the page. it didn't work as well as I would have liked but it worked decently nonetheless. Finally, I wasn't to play around with the different strokes a singular brush could make, thin lines, thick lines, curly lines, straight lines, and all types of lines in-between. Overall, this activity taught me a lot about how I can control not only my brush but the value of colour being put onto the page as well. I think practicing these techniques is a great way for a beginner like myself to become more comfortable with this medium of art.
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Halle ReimerThis blog page is where I will document and reflect on my personal learning project. Here I will tell you my initial knowledge of watercolour paint and, in time, what I have learned over the course of the next few weeks I spend working on my watercolour paint skills. |