Donna's Art Part: Something to Cluck about

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Something to Cluck about

The Monday night beginner's class will be taking on a decoupaged background and "just a rooster" (inside joke). Please have your decoupage background complete and your pattern in place. We will develop our linear palette together so that we can see how color and value are developing in each of us. As always, can't wait to paint! See you at 7:00 p.m. at the home studio.

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Tips

Mistakes
When you've made a mistake, spit on your paper towel is the handiest tool to remove it quickly.

Floated Color
Use the largest brush possible for the job. I tell my students all the time and they can quote me, "The corner of the brush is the same size on every brush."

Liner Work
Thin lines require that you do several things.
1. Use a quality liner brush, in excellent condition.
2. The consistency of your paint should be the consistency of ink.
3. The brush should be full of paint.
4. As you paint lines, move slowly, not fast, and hold your brush handle straight up in a vertical position.
5. Often people can't see-they think they can, but they really don't know if the point of the brush is making contact with the surface or not. Using an OptiVISORs or surgical loops can be used right over glasses. They are massive magnifying glasses that really make it possible to see the point of the brush making contact with the surface.

Taken from Quick and Easy Painting, April 2009, pp. 62-63.