Master watercolor artist Joseph Zbukvic offers this painting wisdom:
- “Never paint the object. Don’t paint the apple. Don’t paint the cow. Paint shapes that look like an apple or a cow.”
- “Your brush should move like an orchestral baton. A brushstroke is part of a full movement, like a ballet or fencing move.” [He wants to banish small, tentative brushstrokes.]
- [Of the demo piece below] “They’re not lamp posts; they’re vertical, harsh marks against softness that create contrast — a little staccato, a few notes of the flute.”
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Blog post prepared for the web by Cherie Dawn Haas, Editor of Plein Air Today
What about water-soluble oils over gouache?
I can’t imagine the two water-based mediums could work together.
Loved “ paint shapes that look like an apple or a cow” comment. Thanks.