Dina Kowal shares a beautiful fall card today using Shinhan Premium Watercolors.
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Showing posts with label Shinhan Premium Watercolors. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
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Thursday, June 19, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Bunny Love
Here is an adorable card by Dina Kowal that uses a combination of Touch Twin markers and Shinhan Premium Watercolors.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Step by Step Tutorial for ‘Impatiently Waiting’ (2012) by Mario Parga
The following is a short tutorial of how I painted
‘Impatiently Waiting’, a portrait of
my daughter aged four and a half.
The Colors:
All the colors used for this painting were ShinHan Premium
Watercolors. My palette consisted of:
Permanent Violet
Ultramarine Deep
Horizon Blue*
Hooker’s Green
Lemon Yellow
Permanent Yellow Deep
Yellow Ochre
Brilliant Orange
Vermilion
Light Red
Brilliant Pink*
Crimson
Lake
Burnt Sienna
Sepia
(*Both these colors were new to me and not a standard part
of my watercolor palette, but I knew they would be perfect for the hat and
coat.
I used Fabriano Artistico cold pressed traditional white
paper (140lb weight) cut to approximately 22” x 18” and three brushes (all
Winsor & Newton rounds); a #2 sable, #6 sable and a #10 nylon brush. I added a small amount of
gum Arabic to my clean distilled water used for color dilution. I did not use
art masking fluid at any time during the painting. I stretched the paper
thoroughly before starting the piece, wiping the surface gently with a natural
sponge to remove some of the size, then taped it to a wooden drawing board with
gummed tape. Once dry, I began the painting process.
Stage 1 – The Drawing
Using a 2B pencil, I drew the image of my daughter onto a
medium weight drawing paper. Then I traced this drawing with an H grade pencil
onto Canson tracing paper and transferred the image to the Fabriano watercolor
paper. I tend to use this technique when painting figures with watercolor as I
like minimal graphite and interference on the watercolor paper’s surface.
Stage 2 – Initial Coloring of
the Face
Whenever I paint a portrait I always begin with the eyes
then work out towards the rest of the face, usually working down towards the
nose then mouth and chin. At this point in the painting I used light washes of
various mixes of yellow ochre, burnt sienna, sepia, ultramarine and light red.
When the washes were almost dry, I applied a damp brush to the edge to soften
and blend the wash lines.
Stage 3 – Coloring the Hat
I next added color to the hat to give me a sense of color
and color temperature. The main color of the hat was painted with Horizon Blue,
Permanent Violet and Burnt Sienna.
Stage 4 – Second Stage of
Coloring the Face
I next began to continue work on the face, working down from
the eyes to chin as described before until I had a reasonably finished
portrait. Using washes and the same technique as before, I added Vermilion,
Brilliant Orange and Permanent Violet to the flesh mixes.
Stage 5 – The Hair, Coat and
Hat
I then added another wash of blue to the hat, added the
colors to the coat and painted my daughter’s hair. The pink on the coat is
almost straight Brilliant Pink, the pale blue is Horizon Blue. The hair was
painted with mixes of Permanent Yellow Deep, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and
Sepia.
Stage 6 – Refinements
During this stage, I refined the face with more detail and
added additional washes in places for opacity to the coat’s colors then painted
over these with the shadows.
Stage 7 – The Hands &
Skirt
The hands and skirt were painted last, then I made last
minute adjustments to the face and hair until I
was satisfied with the finished
painting. I then carefully removed the painting from the drawing
board using a craft knife.
Stage 8 – The Finished
Painting ‘Impatiently Waiting’
A few hours later I photographed the painting properly, here
is the final and finished result.
Additional Notes
Photographs 1 – 7 were taken with my wife’s cell phone
camera and my small compact camera so the color isn’t entirely accurate. Photo
#8 was taken with my professional photographic equipment.
www.marioparga-art.com
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Pretty as a Peacock
Today's project is from Dina Kowal using Shinhan Premium Watercolors.
Once my acrylic paint was dry, I pulled out my Shinhan Premium Watercolors
and started painting - I used Greenish Yellow, Cobalt Green, Marine
Blue, Lemon Yellow, Vandyke Brown, Chinese White, and Ivory Black, and
referred to a photo as I was working (sort of!). The stamp used was illustrated by Dina for Impression Obsession.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Shooting Star
Today's project was made by Dina Kowal using Shinhan Premium Watercolors (Lemon Yellow, Chinese White, Marine Blue, VanDyke Brown, Opera).
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Relaxing Day
Today's watercolored project is from Dina Kowal.
Image was colored with
Shinhan Premium Watercolors (Cadmium Yellow Deep, Permanent Yellow Orange, Marine Blue, Lemon Yellow, Greenish Yellow, Vandyke Brown).
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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