OK, I’ve covered most of the material stuff. Now to start painting, or as they used to say about watercolor “drawing.” You may want to read my internet pamphlet on skies which you can access in the right side bar down near the bottom after all the chapters on rational palette design. I’ve decided to [...]
Archive for August, 2009
The Sky Project 1
Posted in sky project, tagged the sky project on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Homer’s watercolor paper
Posted in Winslow Homer equipment/technique, tagged Homer's equipment on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you go to a museum, Homer’s watercolors are usually described as having been made on “off-white wove paper”. Sometimes the fact that it has a watermark (manufacturer’s name) is mentioned, but never is that name revealed. “Wove paper” is the way paper is made today. Early paper is described as “laid paper.” The difference [...]
Homer’s Brushes
Posted in Winslow Homer equipment/technique, tagged Homer's equipment on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When watercolor painting got going, new sorts of “brushes” had to be developed. In fact, in the beginning they were called “pencils”. The oil brushes up to that time were flats with bristle hairs. Watercolor brushes had to hold a reservoir of pigment and be capable of forming a sharp point at the end with [...]
Homer’s Palette
Posted in Winslow Homer equipment/technique, tagged Homer's equipment on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I indicated in my first post, to paint like Homer it’s a good idea to use the same pigments that he used. There are some serious problems with this approach because many of his pigments have been superseded because of technical reasons which can be that they are not lightfast or that they tend [...]
antique “watercolour” boxes and Homer’s tin palettes
Posted in watercolor pochade boxes, Winslow Homer equipment/technique, tagged homer's palette, watercolor equipment, watercolor pochade boxes on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Green and Stone (click on the name) in Chelsea, London have pictures of many different kinds of these old watercolor boxes, most of them already sold. They also sell a modern walnut watercolor pochade box with and without pigment. Here’s another type of antique watercolor box Now let us look at Winslow Homer’s watercolor box. [...]
Very Basic Information
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged watercolor, watercolor technique on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In briefest summary, to make a watercolor in the style we are considering you begin with a careful drawing, particularly of the center of attention, and then lay down transparent washes and let them dry completely. For each wash you have to decide whether you want a hard or soft edge and then whether you [...]
Hello watercolor (and watercolour) world!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged watercolor technique, winslow homer on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post is a “sticky”, meaning you will always see it first whenever you visit this blog. Immediately following it will be the latest post. I’ve abbreviated this introduction. Click “continue reading” to see the rest. When Winslow Homer started to make his late Adirondack watercolors ( from about 1889), he also made a sudden [...]
