The Beginner in the use of water colors should be provided with the following materials: - A box of water colors and two or three brushes. - A tablet of white water color paper (4 1/2"x6"). - A cup for water (one that is not easily tipped). - A piec...

THE INNOCENT EYE
It is much better to do something you have seen for yourself, no matter how badly it is executed, than to copy from others except, of course, in order to find out how they did it. And once you have done so, go out and see something f...

The advantages of using casein color are that it is a good paint for quick handling. It dries quickly and is able to stand nearly as much overpainting as oil. In some ways it resembles oil in so far as it is possible to build up quite heavy impasto...

On a small piece of paper draw a few shapes of objects that you can see in outline and a little darker than for transparent watercolor. Mix up some moderately dark, warm toned brown, or brown and red with a little white in it for body. Then brush i...

For this exercise a sheet of paper, not more than 15 in. x 11 in. (Quarter Imperial) stained with a light umber wash of oil color is recommended. (This can be done by adding a little umber to some linseed oil and wiping it over the paper with a piec...

Whether you have drawn or painted a still life before in watercolor or pastel, you will find that with oil painting a new set of problems will confront you, that of allying what you see to the problems of mixing the pigments and applying them. I...

First mix up a good neutral tone on your palette, a mustard yellow or an orangy pink, and make this much thinner than you did for the previous exercises. With this mixture draw in your broken bits and pieces (Fig. 32). Don't be alarmed if your dr...