Paper Mache - This is a technique achieved by ripping up newspaper and then mashing it with water. You then end up with a soggy pulp. This being so, you can then mould it more or less into any shape.
When it is at the wet stage, you then add glue to it. Once you have acquired your required shape you have to leave it to dry. Similar to wood you can then put a primer on it, before you go on to paint your article.
The advantages with this being that this medium is both strong and yet also light. This is so useful as it can be used to create so many things.
So who would have thought you could make paper from the Sugar Cane plant? Yes, this is true, it is made from the actual husk. It can be used as a drawing surface, but is very good, in fact, for paper mache too, as it is very absorbent. Even though it is thick and fibrous, it can be torn easily and it comes in a selection of colours.
Gesso is a very useful medium, being a type of glue. What is the consistency? Usually a mix of plaster, whiting, white pigment, or chalk.
This gesso, you will find, will make a seal on your surface which, you ought to discover, is reflective too, better as the canvas doesn't roll.
Impasto - This is canvas which has thick layers of paint. Usually formed by using your brush or palette knife, loading it with paint to form layers on the canvas. Making a heavy textured surface, which will have your bristle marks impressed on the canvas when you paint.
Pigment - In the past this was derived from minerals, animals and plants. However, much now is made synthetically. In a nutshell, this is the substance that is used to colour the dye or paint, consisting of tiny fragments which are so fine, they make the medium.
Embossed - Pattern marks achieved on the surface. You can do it on metal with a hammer or the surface can actually be marked or stamped with the pattern.
Fixatives are a way of trying to preserve your painting. These can be sprayed or brushed on.
Positive and Negative Shapes - If you analyse shapes within a painting or drawing, the terms often used, are positive and negative. The main object or the main parts of your drawing or painting are obviously the positive shape.
Whatever you have bordering the positive, will be the negative shape. However, you need to work equally on both sections to reach a successful conclusion.
Grid is when you draw square boxes on to a card backdrop for still life drawings. This makes it much easier to decide where the shadows and shapes should be positioned on your drawing.
Acrylic Retarder - 10% of this can be used with acrylic paints. It will increase the amount of the paints open drying time. Good for wet in wet styles, blending and shading. It will also lessen skin forming on your palette.
Acrylic Gloss Varnish, if mixed with colours, will increase the way the paint flows, also their transparency and luminosity. This is good for quick drying glazes. It also makes your brush strokes blend well on your surface and is certainly flexible. - 21704
When it is at the wet stage, you then add glue to it. Once you have acquired your required shape you have to leave it to dry. Similar to wood you can then put a primer on it, before you go on to paint your article.
The advantages with this being that this medium is both strong and yet also light. This is so useful as it can be used to create so many things.
So who would have thought you could make paper from the Sugar Cane plant? Yes, this is true, it is made from the actual husk. It can be used as a drawing surface, but is very good, in fact, for paper mache too, as it is very absorbent. Even though it is thick and fibrous, it can be torn easily and it comes in a selection of colours.
Gesso is a very useful medium, being a type of glue. What is the consistency? Usually a mix of plaster, whiting, white pigment, or chalk.
This gesso, you will find, will make a seal on your surface which, you ought to discover, is reflective too, better as the canvas doesn't roll.
Impasto - This is canvas which has thick layers of paint. Usually formed by using your brush or palette knife, loading it with paint to form layers on the canvas. Making a heavy textured surface, which will have your bristle marks impressed on the canvas when you paint.
Pigment - In the past this was derived from minerals, animals and plants. However, much now is made synthetically. In a nutshell, this is the substance that is used to colour the dye or paint, consisting of tiny fragments which are so fine, they make the medium.
Embossed - Pattern marks achieved on the surface. You can do it on metal with a hammer or the surface can actually be marked or stamped with the pattern.
Fixatives are a way of trying to preserve your painting. These can be sprayed or brushed on.
Positive and Negative Shapes - If you analyse shapes within a painting or drawing, the terms often used, are positive and negative. The main object or the main parts of your drawing or painting are obviously the positive shape.
Whatever you have bordering the positive, will be the negative shape. However, you need to work equally on both sections to reach a successful conclusion.
Grid is when you draw square boxes on to a card backdrop for still life drawings. This makes it much easier to decide where the shadows and shapes should be positioned on your drawing.
Acrylic Retarder - 10% of this can be used with acrylic paints. It will increase the amount of the paints open drying time. Good for wet in wet styles, blending and shading. It will also lessen skin forming on your palette.
Acrylic Gloss Varnish, if mixed with colours, will increase the way the paint flows, also their transparency and luminosity. This is good for quick drying glazes. It also makes your brush strokes blend well on your surface and is certainly flexible. - 21704
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