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Watercolours
Alwyn Crawshaw
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Watercolours
Alwyn Crawshaw
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Alwyn Crawshaw has a very loyal following among amateur painters, and this book is an ideal introduction to this popular medium.
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Art TechniquesSIMPLE EXERCISES
You may have had a few funny experiences with the paint â losing control, or finding that runs of paint have broken away from the main wash and run down the paper on to the table or floor. But you will have learned a lot and can now use this knowledge to do some real painting.
If up until now you have been using cartridge paper or thin watercolour paper and havenât yet tried stretching any paper, now is the time to do so. It makes an incredible difference. Refer to the instructions here.
Before you start a watercolour painting, you must always have clean water in your container. Remember, the paint stains the water to make the colour. If the water is dirty, obviously you will not get a true, clear colour.
To avoid breaking my rhythm when I am painting in the studio, I sometimes speed up the drying time of a wash by using a hair dryer to blow dry my wash. If you do this, donât hold the dryer too close â what you are trying to achieve is a quicker, natural way of drying your wash.
POTATO EXERCISE
I have chosen the potato, above, for your first exercise. The drawing is not too difficult and if you put a bump in the wrong place, it will not look wrong. Also, although the colour isnât bright or exciting, it can be matched easily. The colour of potatoes varies, so if you donât match it exactly, your painting will still look right.
You may now have the impression that if an object isnât represented correctly, it doesnât matter. Of course, this is not true. I am trying to make sure that your first painting of an object looks correct to your family and friends so that you will receive their praise and congratulations. This will boost your confidence which, in turn, will improve your work. Now you can understand why I chose a potato for you â because it has no specific shape or colour. When you can paint this potato, you will have come a long, long way. Now try some more vegetables â you will find that you enjoy painting them.
SIMPLIFYING A COMPLICATED SUBJECT
Opposite is a complicated pencil sketch I made of the River Hamble in Hampshire. I put quite a lot of drawing into this but, if you just wanted to paint it, you could manage by sketching only the key positions â the horizon, the wooden quay and a couple of the main boats â the brush could do the rest. I used a rough surface paper for this, a lot of dry brush, and I scratched out the light on the middle-distance water with a blade.
BANANA EXERCISE
Next try this very simple approach to five of the techniques I described earlier. Draw five bananas on the same sheet of paper with your HB pencil and then paint the banana shapes, using the same colours for each technique.
COLOURS
Cadmium Yellow Pale; Burnt Umber; Crimson Alizarin; French Ultramarine.
WASH TECHNIQUE
Use your large round brush and let the brush strokes follow the shape of the banana. When the paint is almost dry, put on a darker wash and add some darker marks on top. Then paint a dark shadow wash to show up the banana (light against dark). Put in a few dark accents with your No. 6 brush to crispen it up.
PEN AND WASH TECHNIQUE
Paint this banana in the same way. When the wash is dry, use a mapping pen and black Indian ink to draw the banana. Experiment to find your natural style. If you prefer, you can try drawing the banana with pen and ink first before putting coloured washes over the top.
PENCIL AND WASH TECHNIQUE
Draw and shade the banana with your 2B pencil as if you were doing a pencil drawing. Then paint it in the same way as the first one but, this time, over your pencil shading.
BODY COLOUR
Paint this banana using the same colours as before but this time add White to make the paint lighter and more opaque â donât use a lot of water. You will find that the paint does not flow so easily and you have to work it more than usual.
Usually white poster colour or a tube of white gouache colour is used and you must wash it off your palette when you have finished with it. If white paint gets accidentally mixed with watercolour and applied to paper, and you put a wash over the top (or even a very watery brush), it will run and ruin your work.
WET-ON-WET TECHNIQUE
Use your sponge or large brush to wet the paper and, while it is still quite wet, paint the banana with the same brush. The colours will run over the edge of your pencil drawing. Then paint the darker side and add some dark blemishes. When this is nearly dry, use the same brush to paint your background. Start at the left, above the banana, and follow its top shape in one brush stroke, then work underneath it.
ROSE EXERCISE
This exercise is a little more difficult than the banana, but I am sure you can do it!
COLOURS
Cadmium Red; Crimson Alizarin; Hookerâs Green No. 1; Burnt Umber.
FIRST STAGE
Use your No. 6 brush to put a wash of Crimson Alizarin and Cadmium Red on the flower. While this is still wet, wipe out some of the paint for highlights with a damp brush. Paint the stem and leaves with a mix of Hookerâs Green No. 1 and Crimson Alizarin and, while the leaves are still wet, add some Cadmium Red with the point of the brush.
FINISHED STAGE
Now paint the petals with stronger colour and, when dry, scratch out some highlights. With the same brush, paint the background â make sure your paint is very wet and use a colour mix of Burnt Umber and Hookerâs Green No. 1. Be definite when painting up to the leaves â let the brush stroke make the shape. Finally, add some shadow on the stem and leaves under the flower.