Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Ted Harrison Painting : working with acrylics


Ted Harrison:

"Life is a rainbow road, multicoloured with the most brilliant hues and contrasting with the darkest tones. It is illuminated by the light of success, and rutted by the tracks of failure. Tears of sadness and joy wash its surface while the clouds of doubt and insecurity dapple its course. As we traverse this highway we can reach the highest pinnacles or descend to the darkest valleys.

Finally, when the end of the road is in sight, we may cast our eyes to the distant horizon where everything began; and say with conviction,
"That sure was one hell of a journey."— TED HARRISON


 








Watercolour Basics Grade 8

 Tips for Watercolour

1. Always use good materials and take care of your materials

2. Always add water to your paint or to your paper

wet on wet = allows the paint to move around 

wet on dry = more control with the paint

more water = lighter colour

less water = darker colour

3. Do not paint up to the lines, but leave an edge of whitespace

4. When doing a wash, keep it light and leave whitespace for the eye to move around your piece

5. Start with light pencil as guidelines, then go over in ink if you like

6. Use your knowledge of colour theory when blending colours, blend on the table or palette 

7. Play with colours, trees to not have to be green and brown, they could be pink and purple

8. When creating a watercolour, draw from an image not from your head

pen&ink watercolour

simple watercolour ideas

Sample Assignments 2024







Media Arts 8 A look at Van Gough

 Folder Criteria: first and last name Media Arts 8 a few images add some colour front and back cover