Jackson Pollock study - Watercolor, Ink, Gouache
More color was added onto the watercolor study. This time blue gouache was diluted and painted on. The color of the gouache together with the watercolor underneath gives an illusion of distance and death to the painting. I will add more layers of color to experiment a variety of effect to this abstract painting technique. Lots of fun.
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache abstract painting - Jackson Pollock Inspired Study
For the daily watercolor paining on the Jackson Pollock inspired study, I have added permanent black ink and yellow gouache paint onto the watercolor surface. The permanent black ink was diluted with water before it was put on and later spread with a pointed metal palette knife. Some the lines are randomly added by dragging the palette alone the surface of the colod press watercolor paper before the ink is dry. Because it is a permanent opque black ink, it stays on top of the watercolor underneath. After the black ink is completely dried, yellow color gouache is being dripped on to the surface adding more intense color to the painting.
Jackson Pollock inspired watercolor study
This is an exercise inspired by the famous American painter Jackson Pollock. He is an influential American painter and his life and work can be found in Wikipedia….https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock I have started this Jackson Pollock exercise or study on a 15 x 20 inches cold press watercolor paper. The paper was put into a metal tray just large enough to hold the entire paper. Then watercolor from the tube is mixed with enough water and was dripped onto the watercolor paper randomly. Various color was put on before the other was dry to create a mix of color right on the paper. Jackson Pollock uses black ink and other paints for his painting and I like to start off mine with watercolor to create a light background before other solid or opaque color is used. Later on I might use gouache or acrylic depends on the effect I want to achieve. This is the first stage – watercolor stage – of the painting and there will be more to come before I finish this Jackson Pollock inspired study. It is lots of fun so far.
Book - Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
I come across reading this book called Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities in the library. These two artist whom I admire for their art in photography and painting. The following is what is written in the back cover of the book. …..This is the first major publication and exhibition devoted to a comparative view of the work of Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams, two towering figures of twentieth-century American Art. More than one hundred duotone and four-color reproductions of paintings and photographs, accompanied by critical essays, reveal telling parallels and differences between the artists unique visions of the natural world.
Anyone interested in photography or painting would enjoy this book.
Abstract outline on watercolor paper
The above is an abstract outline on 15 x 22 inches cold press watercolor paper. It is going to be done in transparent watercolor and the lines are first drawn in with pencil and then with a perament black felt tip pen. I will give a hint of what the abstract is after I finished the painting in a few days. Watercolor and gouache might be used for this abstract watercolor painting. I like to experiment this line drawing with felt tip pen comparing with the ink resist techique I shown earlier because it gives a more define line which is more appropiate to this abstract subject.
Daily watercolor painting - Sunrise - Ink resist painting
This is the finished watercolor ink-resist painting done on 15 x 22 inches cold press watercolor paper. The painting uses watercolor paint for the different layers. An abstract watercolor painting about the sunrise or sunset. Lately I have been trying some abstrat art ideas using watercolor and ink resist as a way of expression. It is fun to create this kind of abstract ideas which explores ones imagination.
Ink Resist watercolor painting - sunrise watercolor painting
This is the stage where the painting is being covered with permanent black ink. The black ink will be permanently left on the areas where there is no white tempera. This stage of the ink resist watercolor painting is to left dried overnight. Next will be the wash shere areas of whte temera is being washed away.
Ink resist watercolor painting - Sunrise
You can see from the above image that the tempera and black ink is being washed away from the paper surface. Warm water and a scrubbing brush is used for this step. This left only the lines and some areas of the painting where the black permanent ink has eat into the watercolor paper surface. After the paper is completely dry it is ready to be painted using watercolor, gouache, or Acrylic paint.
– Peter Lau
Ink resist watercolor painting - sketch and masking fluid
This ink resist watercolor painting is done on 15 x 22 inches 150 lb cold press watercolor paper. First the outline of the painting is drawn with pencil on the watercolor paper. Then where the lines are, masking fluid is painted on. I use Pebeo drawing gum as my masking fluid and is painted on using a small brush in two layers. After the masking fluid is dried, white tempera is painted on the entire painting surface covering all the lines and the dry masking fluid. The painting is left to dry overnight.
Daily watercolor painting - Ink resist stage 2
In stage 2 show above, the entire painting with the tempera is completely dried and the masking area is slowly being taken off. I use a eraser with the initial lift of the masking fluid and finish off with my fingers. When it is all done, what is left is the white tempera paint and lines where the masking fluid used to be but now showing the white of the papser. Next stage will be covering the entire watercolor paper with permanent black ink.