Painting

In an artist’s point of view, painting is a wonderful aesthetic activity in which the artist gives his ultimate expression of his art through drawing with colours. With that, this website invites artists from all over the world to make this site be helpful for them. We offer our features not only on painting per se but also on the best materials used in this singular kind of art.

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We provide you here some of the top-notch techniques in using the paintbrush tool to facilitate the artist in creating his masterpiece. Here are now the so called Paintbrush Techniques that surely help and improve your craft:

1. Pointillism, an art technique used by the Neo-Impressionists. It is achieved by creating an image with dots of paint, and not blending them at all. You can achieve this by using a very small paintbrush, or you can even use a cotton bud which has been dipped in paint.
   An important thing to remember is to make sure that you use a dry brush, and wash it very carefully in between each colour.

2. Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ Expressionism, an art movement and style is all about expressing how you feel. You can show people how you feel in an artwork with the use of your colours (remembering that warm colours make people think of the fire and the sun, and cool colours make people think of water and nature). You can also show people how you feel by using quick, rough brush strokes.

For additional features, here are some best tips that one can find in the web today on how to improve the artist craft, save money and add some care of his expensive materials. To wit: for some important tips on paintbrush and other painting materials:

• Most Primary schools use ready made water colour palettes. Important tips when using these is to remember that the more you mix water with the colour (or pigment) in the palette the stronger and more vibrant your colour will be. If you do not mix the water with the pigment then your colour will be very light.

• Dip your paintbrush into the water. Your paintbrush should not be dripping water. Mix the water on your paintbrush with the pigment in your colour palette. You should run a flat side against the colour palette and mix at least three times in a circular motion.

• Do not stab at your palette as this will ruin the brush and the paint will not be evenly distributed along the bristles of the brush.

• When using acrylic paint, try to keep your paintbrush dry between coats of paint. The water container should only be dipped into to wash out a previous colour. Use each side of your paintbrush for flat colours, using the tip to paint details.