Maybe you have just started out in art or you have been painting or drawing in one particular medium and are either slightly hesitant to start in another as you don't know much about it or maybe you just don't know enough about painting in different mediums to start off with.
Here are a few tips to get you started and expand your art portfolio.
Drawing Maybe you started out painting in watercolors or painting with oils and you actually bypassed the drawing side of things.
It would really be beneficial to go back to the drawing stage.
You can draw in many mediums as well as pencil, including charcoal, pastels or pen and ink.
Working in charcoal can be really fun, shading and building contours.
Pastels can also be fun and come out with different results to painting in other mediums.
Drawing in general can help with perspective and accuracy of depicting scenes.
You could also move to a different area of drawing if you have already been used to simple drawing techniques.
Maybe you want to expand to be able to draw caricatures? Watercolor If you have not tried working with watercolor then you should definitely give it a try.
Learn to create beautiful washes and subtle colors.
Try painting a landscape of an area near your home.
There is a lot of tuition available for painting with watercolors and it is very popular as it can be reasonably quick - you can go outdoors and find a spot to do a nice study, and it can be very effective.
Watercolor paintings of local scenes are also very popular if you are looking to sell your art.
Acrylic Painting Painting with acrylics can be fun and can produce some interesting results.
Maybe you are used to painting traditional scenes and want to try something a bit different.
Go for some big bold abstracts and unleash another artist in you.
Maybe use some texture to create an almost sculptural effect.
Be radical and find some different objects to include in your painting.
Acrylics dry really quickly so maybe you can have a fun painting day with some friends and see what you can create.
Oil Painting Oil paints are a beautiful medium particularly if you want to blend the paints or produce wonderful rich colours.
Oil painting can be a bit daunting for people who have no idea how to use thinners, linseed oil and all the other extras that go with it.
Get yourself a book to learn the essentials or take a couple of lessons and see what you can achieve with these wonderful paints.
There are also other painting and drawing mediums that you can choose including encaustic, airbrushing and mixed media.
Give as many of them a try as you can and see which one suits you best.
It may be more than one medium.
For me I started in watercolor, dabbled in pastels and charcoal, but my first love is oils.
I now paint a lot in acrylics though and make the most of the properties of each kind of paint depending on what I am painting.
Here are a few tips to get you started and expand your art portfolio.
Drawing Maybe you started out painting in watercolors or painting with oils and you actually bypassed the drawing side of things.
It would really be beneficial to go back to the drawing stage.
You can draw in many mediums as well as pencil, including charcoal, pastels or pen and ink.
Working in charcoal can be really fun, shading and building contours.
Pastels can also be fun and come out with different results to painting in other mediums.
Drawing in general can help with perspective and accuracy of depicting scenes.
You could also move to a different area of drawing if you have already been used to simple drawing techniques.
Maybe you want to expand to be able to draw caricatures? Watercolor If you have not tried working with watercolor then you should definitely give it a try.
Learn to create beautiful washes and subtle colors.
Try painting a landscape of an area near your home.
There is a lot of tuition available for painting with watercolors and it is very popular as it can be reasonably quick - you can go outdoors and find a spot to do a nice study, and it can be very effective.
Watercolor paintings of local scenes are also very popular if you are looking to sell your art.
Acrylic Painting Painting with acrylics can be fun and can produce some interesting results.
Maybe you are used to painting traditional scenes and want to try something a bit different.
Go for some big bold abstracts and unleash another artist in you.
Maybe use some texture to create an almost sculptural effect.
Be radical and find some different objects to include in your painting.
Acrylics dry really quickly so maybe you can have a fun painting day with some friends and see what you can create.
Oil Painting Oil paints are a beautiful medium particularly if you want to blend the paints or produce wonderful rich colours.
Oil painting can be a bit daunting for people who have no idea how to use thinners, linseed oil and all the other extras that go with it.
Get yourself a book to learn the essentials or take a couple of lessons and see what you can achieve with these wonderful paints.
There are also other painting and drawing mediums that you can choose including encaustic, airbrushing and mixed media.
Give as many of them a try as you can and see which one suits you best.
It may be more than one medium.
For me I started in watercolor, dabbled in pastels and charcoal, but my first love is oils.
I now paint a lot in acrylics though and make the most of the properties of each kind of paint depending on what I am painting.
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