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DESIGN AND MATERIALS FOR WATERCOLOR

 

 

 

 

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4 PILLARS--COLOR SHAPE VALUE EDGES

                                                                                                       

GOLDEN RULE

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LIGHT TO DARK 

EACH LAYER TO DRY

EMBRACE TRANSPARENCY 

 

COMPOSTION LAYOUT AND COMPOSITION GOLDEN RATIO

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1ST RULE OF DESIGN

FOCAL POINT

OVERLAYING ELEMENTS AT FOCAL POINT

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RULE OF THIRDS HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL

3 FOLD REPETITION AND STRUCTURE CONVINCING MEMORABLE

OPPOSE SIDE BY SIDE FOR CONTRAST LIGHT DARK OLD NEW NATURAL MAN MADE

MONCHRONE WITH VIBRANT COLOR

NATURAL LANDSCAPE SMALL STRUCTUREBUILDING BRIDGE

TINY FIGUREDWARFED BY LARGE SPACE

LONG TO SHORTER AND SHORTER TO LONG SAME

CONSIDER NEGATIVE SPACE

HORIZON ON A THIRD NOT MIDDLE

STRONG SHADOW

TEXTURE COLOR OR SUBJECT

TELLS STORIES

EMOTION DRAMA

SUBJECT AT INTERSECTION OR ALONG ONE OF LINES

9 EQUAL SQUARES IN A SQUARE

RECTANGLE: SQUARE SMALLER SQARE EVEN SMALLER SQUARE AND EVEN SMALLER SQARE

SMALL RECTANGL WITH TWO SMALL SQUARES

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RATIO OF WHOLE TO LONGER SAME AS RATIO OF LONGER TO SHORTER.

 

 

(SEE MY PICTURE: ONE LARGE SIDE SAME SIZE DIVIDED IN HALF LAID OUT HORIZONTALLY AND ONE ONE

END DIVIDED IN HALF VERTICALLY  FOCAL POINT ARROW IN MY PIC IF LARGE CURVE

THAT COMES AROUND TO A SMALL SPIRAL ON ON ONE SIDE OF RECTANGLE OR IF OTHER

SIDE THE FERRIS WHEEL)  (RULE OF THIRDS VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL)  

(2 3 5 OBJECTS PRESENT OR COLOR IN EACH OF 3 PANELS)

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4 DESIGN RULES

CONTRAST REPETITION ALIGNMENT PROXIMITY

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VALUE LIGHT OR DARK

COMPLIMENT

HUE 

INTENSITY  SATURATION

NEUTRALIZATION  GREY OR COMPLIMENT MIX

BALANCE

PATTERN

CONTRAST

UNITY

VARIETY

HIERARCHY

EMPHASIS

PROPORTION

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GOLDEN RATIO​

DESIGN  1.1.618 # SUM OF 2 PRECEDING FIBONACCI SEQUENCE

2 3 5 8

DOMINENT COLOR 60%, SECONDARY 30 % AND ACCENT 10%

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MOVEMENT GOLDEN SPIRAL MOVES THROUGH IMAGE TO FOCAL POINT

NARRATIVE

HARMONY

FLUIDITY

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APPEALING  GOLDEN RECTANGLE  ASCETICALLY PLEASING SIDES  

COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY

POSITIVE IMPACT

FOLLOW THE LIGHT & CONTRASTS

VANISHING POINTS ALWAYS LIE ON THE HORIZON LINE IF ONE

IF 3 VANISHING POINTS THERE IS ONE ABOVE AND ONE BELOW THE HORIZON LINE

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WHITE COMES FROM PAPER

ALL PAINT CREATES NEGATIVE LIGHT

300 POUND HAS SIZING 

140 POUND GOOD TOO SIZINGFABRIANO/BAOHUNG

COLD PRESS GOOD FOR BLEND AND LAYER VERSATILE TOOTH ABSORBENT

HOT PRESS PORTRAIT DETAIL CRISP                                 

ROUGH FOR EMOTION

STILLMAN & BIRN ARCHIVAL COLD PRESS FOR ACCURATE SKETCH

LARGE FLAT  #2 #6 ROUND SABLE BRUSH AND LARGE SOFT ROUND SQUIRREL POINT FOR FINE WORK 

MASKING TAPE OR STAPLE ON GATOR BOARD

SOAK IN CLEAN WATER 8 MINUTES FOR WET IN WET 

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LARGE TO SMALL

VARY WET AND DRY

LAYER FOR UNDERTONE AND DEPTH

SHADE CONTRASTING COLOR

DARKEN WITH MIXES OF BLUE PURPLE OR BROWN NOT BLACK

WASH BRUSH BEFORE INTRODUCE ANOTHER COLOR 

SOFTEN EDGES WITH WET BRUSH 

LIFT COLOR PAPER TOWEL  SPOMGE  MASK

SALT & ALCOHOL FOR MOTTLE

SPLATTER WITH DROPS FOR ABSTRACTIONS AND MOOD

BLOW THROUGH STRAW TO LENGTHEN A COLOR 

CARDBOARD EDGE FOR TEXTURE                                

                                                                                                                                                     

 

ART HISTORY OF 20TH c. WESTERN EUROPEAN/AMERICAN WATERCOLOR ARTISTS
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IMDEPENDENT EXPLORATION

OF ANDREW WYETH 2016

GREATLY ADMIRED BY THOMAS J. OWENS
                                            ANDREW WYETH  MORTH EAST USA

​                                            WORKS ARE HELD BY A NUMBER OF PROMINENT MUSEUMS

                                            ROMINENT WATERCOLORIST IN HISTORY OF ART WORLDWIDE
       

ELIZABETH MILES VISITED HIS STUDIOS IN MAINE & PENNSYLVANIA

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FOUNDATIONAL 20 C. WATERCOLOR ARTISTS TOP 20

CHOSEN BY ANDREW WYETH

INDEPENDENT EXPLORATION

MANY HAVE BEEN SEEN BY ELIZABETH MILES AT THE BOSTON MUSEUM OF ART AND 

PORTLAND ME MUSEUM OF ART.  

 

 

                                                         CHARLES REID         WILLIAM THON

                                                         JOHN SINGER SARGEANT GEORGIA O'KEEFE

                                                         FRANK WEBB      MAURICE B. PRENDERGAST

                                                         WINSLOW HOMER        OGDEN PLEISSNER

                                                         MILLARD SHEETS       JOHN PIKE

                                                         JOHN MARIN           THOMAS MORAN

                                                         EWARD HOPPER         CHILDE HASSAM

                                                         CHARLES DEMUTH       HARDY GRAMATKY                                                             CHARLES BURCHFIELD   ARTHUR DOVE                                                                 JOHN MARIN           THOMAS EAKINS                                                               THOMAS MORAN         MORRIS GRAVES

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 FOLLOWING MEMORY & ROOTS

 PEOPLE CULTURE

 HISTORY NATURE

                                                     

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