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| Gator board stretched with a small piece of Rives BFK using 3 white and one brown paper tape strips. Also shown: art box, water containers, sponge, wax candle, glasses & brushes, as well as gum arabic bottle and scissors. |
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| Watercolor demonstration showing scotch tape resist and wax resist and brush & water container as subjects. Rock, dark brush handle and white water container are actual objects. Also a demonstration of signature forms: initials and signature block with name date and copyright symbol. |
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| [Digital photo of still life ] | "Marble, Brass Rings & Rubber band" 4" x 6" Sennelier HP watercolor paper. . Painting includes image notes in pencil,(sometimes a nice addition). Rendering simple objects at 3 X or 4X life size produces a more interesting painting that reproduces well and is easier to render accurately. |
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| Simple subjects demonstration: Light color under-painting as first step. Rock & brass fitting as subject with shadows on 8" x 10 " Canson cold pressed watercolor paper block with #6 & #8 round sable brushes |
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| "Feathers & Tan bark leaf" watercolor class demo 4"x 8" Sennelier paper |
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| "2 Leaves" rendered twice [Ivy & Rhododendron leaf], with & without a preliminary layout drawing. 8" x 10" Canson CP watercolor block paper. |
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| "Tape dispenser & metal clip" watercolor class demonstration 4"x 8" Sennelier paper |
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| "Chiaroscuro Egg" state #1 14"x 16" watercolor Arches hot pressed |
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| "Broken clam shell" watercolor class demonstration 4"x 8" Sennelier paper |
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| "Shell #1" 4" x 6" watercolor on Rives BFK (still life landscape) |
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| "Chiaroscuro Egg" state #2 14"x 16" watercolor Arches hot pressed |
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| "Chiaroscuro Egg" (state #3 final) 14"x 16" watercolor Arches hot pressed |
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| "Final Bouquet" Final demo painting for a watercolor class 4"x 8" Sennelier paper. |
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| "Last Fall" digital photo | "Last Fall" 8" x 10 " watercolor |
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| "Rocks" 8"x 10"photo & watercolor rendering. Most renderings are improved by increasing scale to larger than life sized and our vision is better at seeing what the camera might lose in exposure or color subtlety. Use the camera for what it does best - edge detection, light and shadow verisimilitude. Use your eyes for the rest. |
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& Techniques of Painting
by Jon Rader Jarvis |
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