OT-Not PS But An Art Question

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The Magician
Nov 25, 2004
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Was doing a Total Training video tutorial, and did an excercise with a water color broken down in layers by some famous illustrator.
And I just saw a similar watercolor of that type which made me think. Does anyone know what the school of thought behind the type of water color artwork where it seems like the line/sketchwork is in black, and the color
in the picture seems to be kinda put in "willy-nilly", and like it goes out of the lines, etc.
this type of watercolor artwork seems to be used a lot lately for kid’s book illustrations. What’s the deal with that? Why does the color go outside the lines, and not "fill the sketch in places.
It seems to be quite a popular style, but I don’t know the reasoning behind it, or if it’s a kind of "Copied" look of some other famous artist.
Anyone know what that’s called, why it’s done, or where I can possibly read more on it? Thanks.
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Queen of Denial
Nov 25, 2004
I believe it is sumi or somesuch, just another impressionistic interpretation of life 🙂
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Was doing a Total Training video tutorial, and did an excercise with a water color broken down in layers by some famous illustrator. And I just saw a similar watercolor of that type which made me think. Does anyone know what the school of thought behind the type of water color artwork where it seems like the line/sketchwork is in black, and the color in the picture seems to be kinda put in "willy-nilly", and like it goes out of the lines, etc.
this type of watercolor artwork seems to be used a lot lately for kid’s book illustrations.
What’s the deal with that? Why does the color go outside the lines, and not "fill the sketch in places.
It seems to be quite a popular style, but I don’t know the reasoning behind it, or if it’s a kind of "Copied" look of some other famous artist. Anyone know what that’s called, why it’s done, or where I can possibly read more on it?
Thanks.
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bagal
Nov 25, 2004
Ahem! May I?

This is an answer:

When using watercolors to paint one of the water, paint and brush approach is to:

1 – prepare the area to be painted by applying a very thin wash or plain clear water to the paper (no, not all the paper – just the little bit you want to paint next)

2 – pick up your brush and load it with the color you want to use

3 – gently – and boy do I mean gently – nudge the paint brush to the prepared & dampened paper. There is artistic flare and finesse at this step and it could rely on using the effect of water tension spreading color on to the paper

4 – repeat (3) with different colors if you want to

At 2, 3 or 4 you may choose to load an art pen with color instead or as well. The idea to bear in mind is that the translucency of the paper has to show thro. There is nuthin wurse than a great lump of opaque paint on a water color sketch (IMHO)

5 – when the ink/paint and paper his dried re-charge a drawing pen with drawing inks and delineate (draw the lines that you think are important and effective)

There you are! An ink & water color painting/drawing. Easy innit!

There is finesse and part of that is the appreciation of how the inks and paints bleed across the surface of the paper. Sometimes it can be a real killer. At other times it can be quite fantastic – a wonderful combination of artistic and material effects

In fact, it is so easy I wonder if the process described about has its digital equivalents?

It should be easy applying a few bleed parameters, paint/ink behavior patterns and have a wonderful electronic equivalent

Aerticeus
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The Magician
Nov 26, 2004
In article <Kiopd.812$ says…
Ahem! May I?

Thanks guys!
Very informative.
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Hecate
Nov 26, 2004
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:06:50 GMT, "Aerticeus" wrote:

In fact, it is so easy I wonder if the process described about has its digital equivalents?

It should be easy applying a few bleed parameters, paint/ink behavior patterns and have a wonderful electronic equivalent
Painter.

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