SarajoFrieden is an artist and illustrator. Her style is influenced by the multiculturalism of the California Pacific Coast where she grew up. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including Los Angeles and New York, as well as in Australia, France and Italy. Her award-winning work has appeared on CD-ROM packaging, magazines, illustrated books, textiles, and other media. She currently resides in Los Angeles, where she does custom work in addition to painting.
Blue Landscape and Tree Skirt are SarajoFrieden's solo works. They are made of gouache and paper cutouts.
Floral Collage and Perilous Voyage are also her personal works. The Orange Sea, a series of mixed-media works on birch panels, was exhibited as a mural in a subway station. Perilous Voyage is a paper cutout that utilizes gouache, acrylic and inkjet printing.
How to make good watercolor illustrations?Watercolor and gouache paintings, like other paintings, should pay attention to the method and steps, from the whole to the local, and from the local back to the whole, so that the works gradually reach the depth and perfection. Generally, it is necessary to go through five stages, i.e., drop, sketch, coloring, in-depth carving, adjustment and completion. In the order of coloring, generally from a large area of color or from the main object of the picture to start better, so as to determine the tone of a picture, to maintain the general relationship between the painting is correct, is good. Some authors are accustomed to light colors or like painting oil paintings from the deep part of the first start, also has its own advantages, should be based on the specific circumstances and personal painting habits to decide. Coloring should pay attention to the planning, such as a part of the picture need to wait until the base color will be dry to add color, another part of the bottom layer of color must wait until all the colors are dry and then on the other color, which should be "in the back of the mind", step by step, which for the portrayal of the different characteristics of the object, the performance of the object of the spatial sense, sense of quality, it is a great help.
The techniques of watercolor and gouache painting are relatively diverse, but they are generally no more than dry painting and wet painting. The so-called dry painting, that is, the meaning of less water, is not not mixed with water and only dry rubbing with pigment, painting to be the first layer of color dry and then painted on the second layer of color, layer after layer, the first layer of color and the second layer of color has a clearer boundary, so there is also known as the multilayer painting method. Dry painting method should strive to be sure, accurate, in order to show a clear shape and a variety of levels and decent relationship between the transitions. Dry painting method should pay attention to is: in the base color is not dry, do not rush to cover, in order to prevent the base color up; and the number of times the color coverage should not be too much, cover most of the color or pile up too thick, will make the color gray, greasy. Dry painting method is not too restricted by time, easy to paint, easier to master, for beginners to exercise strict modeling ability is very helpful. But the dry painting method is not easy to play the water color flow characteristics, the use of bad will produce dry, hard and other shortcomings.
Wet painting method is the use of water and dissolve, so that the two colors naturally join each other in a way, when painting while the former pen color is painted on not yet dry, connected to the back of the pen, so that the articulation between the pen and the pen is soft, the edge of the nourishment. Wet painting method is used to express the smooth and delicate objects, painting a distant view, the dark part of the object and the reflective part are also more suitable. Wet painting method should pay attention to the amount of water and the timing of the brush, how much water to use, what degree of wetness of the base color to paint up the appropriate color, should be well studied. In addition, in the base color has been dry and still need to make a wet connection, you can first use water in the local wet and then painted the color, or color painted with a clean pen dipped in water in the edge of the block of light brush, but also to achieve the effect of the wet painting method.
In gouache painting, in painting method to thick paint more, wet painting method to thin paint more, and the so-called thick or thin, are relative, according to the specific object and the intention of the painting, the flexibility to use the corresponding method of expression. Many authors tend to dry, wet and wet two painting methods are used alternately, wet and dry and presented, thick and thin, some places with more water to rendering, seepage, some places are covered with color or juxtaposition, so as to achieve a variety of picture unity, so that the work is more perfect. Spring on the Pu River" is an example of the combination of dry and wet painting.
There are several kinds of figures and landscapes completed by dry painting and wet painting methods, some of which are based on the block surface to express the object, and some of which are based on the combination of lines and surfaces to express the object, which can be used as a reference for beginners' paintings.
Dry painting method, the use of gouache thick coating method, the expression of human face ups and downs, brush strokes obvious, the picture effect is strong.
Wet painting method, mainly watercolor thin coating, more water in the pigment, color seepage flow is more obvious, and the line combined with the processing method, so that the main body of the picture is more clear.
The dry painting is the main method, watercolor and gouache and use some decorative effects in the modeling and coloring, in order to show the object of the majestic and magnificent, strange wind and color characteristics.
Watercolor wet painting method, the sky, distant mountains, water, etc., are borrowed from the color seepage method of expression, so that the scene in the painting subtle, natural combination together, to achieve the performance of the fishing after the rain that kind of pale smoky and moist atmosphere.
Watercolor and gouache paintings, in addition to the above two main techniques, there are still sketches based on the picture and the method of applying light color. Such as the popular pencil watercolor. Pen watercolor, charcoal watercolor, etc., is also a popular form of expression. This method is generally suitable for the performance of fine objects, the author first draws the outline of the object with the sketching tool, the structure of the form, black and white relationship, and then add transparent, bright large blocks of color, so that the picture is not only rigorous but also lively, resulting in a special sense of aesthetics. This kind of work, because it can fully express the characteristics of the object shape and color, and for many authors to collect creative materials, record the life of the method often used; architectural renderings, stage art costumes, modeling, set design, and so on, most of the use of this method of combining sketching and color. In the order of production, generally is the first good sketch of the bottom layer, and then set up the color on top, can also be repeated (charcoal watercolor, can be sprayed first charcoal sketch to be fixed after the color, but also let the charcoal powder and watercolor paint naturally melted. Two methods, each has its own beauty). In order to prevent the ink from seeping and dirtying the picture, pen watercolors are also used to apply pen lines on the watercolor base. Pen watercolor ink to draw ink is appropriate, in addition to black, can also be used in other colors of ink.
In addition, in the use of materials, tools to fully and perfectly depict the object, there are many specific techniques available:
Soak paper method. That is, put the paper in the water, soak it and then take it out of the wet painting method. This method is easy to get the colors moist and glossy, the effect of smooth brushwork. Because of the natural seepage of the picture color liquid, and therefore the depiction of the object is subtle, vivid, and has a kind of characteristics similar to painting on raw rice paper.
Pulp color method. That is, in the color of thick or thin paste into a paste of a painting method, which is characterized by smooth brushwork, color liquid thicker but not oozing, and help to better express the shape and use of brushstrokes. Paste color method of painting works, colorful and bright, clear and strong shape, it has some of the advantages of oil painting and still fully embodies the strengths of watercolor painting.
Washing method. Is the place where the painting has been washed to achieve the desired effect. This method can also be used to modify and adjust the picture. Wash a large area can borrow a sponge, some parts of the paper can also be used to absorb the wash down the color liquid absorption.
Leaving blank method. Refers to the picture of those left blank and bright part of the method. Some of them use the "flying white" method, that is, in the painting brush inadvertently leave a blank spot; some in the color before, in the need for parts of the wax or oil stick to draw a blank point, line; some of them in the painting of the picture while the color will be in the dry, with a knife or brush "scrape" out the required blank. "out of the required blank, such as the performance of tree trunks, waves, hair, glass or metal highlights, etc., with good results.
The use of these methods, only through the practice of groping, in order to gradually reach a comfortable, and produce the desired effect.
Watercolor and gouache painting is a kind of color painting, using color to shape the image. About the use of color knowledge, you can refer to the oil painting part of the book chapter, here will be omitted.
Watercolor and gouache painting materials and tools are basically the same, the two can be common, the difference is that the composition of the pigment is different, watercolor contains a small amount of gelatin, more transparent; and gouache contains more powder, with the power to cover, many authors tend to use the two types of pigments at the same time for painting. In painting watercolor, individual bright part of the white or light color, especially small areas, also occasionally with white powder (also used to leave the paper blank, or wash out the bright part of the picture with water), and gouache paintings, but also often borrowed watercolor paint to enhance the transparency of some parts of the picture, especially in the depiction of the dark part of the object like the color, the effect of dark watercolor paint its watercolor color is better than the effect of the gouache color.
The paper for watercolor and gouache paintings should be white paper that is firm and tight, absorbs water moderately, and does not bleed (but there are also papers with colors for the purpose of expressing specific contents). Paper that absorbs too much water too quickly, the color is not easy to flow; too smooth paper, the pigment is not easy to adhere to the water flow off. Commonly used watercolor and gouache paper are coarse-grained and fine-grained drawing paper and watercolor paper. For gouache painting, in order to bring out the bright colors, white cardboard and white paper are also used for painting. The texture of each kind of paper is different, and the effect of expression is also different, so you can choose according to your own painting habits. When making a relatively large painting, the paper should be mounted on the board beforehand to avoid wrinkles and folds, so that the painting can be kept flat and easy to perform smoothly and happily.
Brush, commonly used in sheep or wolf hair flat brush and round brush two kinds, in order to have elasticity and water storage capacity is good. The size of the pen, to the size of the painting depends on the general painting with different types of brushes three or four will suffice, in addition to the outline of the pen and paint a large piece of color with the underline pen each one.
Other tools, such as color mixing boxes, water pots, clips, panels, easels, etc., do not have certain specifications, according to the principle of practicality, choose your own. The color box is used to contain the extruded pigments, and the pigments should be placed in the order of shades and the procedure of warmth and coldness, generally:
White, lemon yellow, chrome yellow, earth yellow, orange yellow, vermilion, red, crimson, rose red, ochre, brown, olive green, grass green, ultramarine blue, blue, blue, and black.
The color mixing box comes with a plate for mixing colors. In the color mixing, such as too mixed or not white phenomenon, the palette should be left on the pigment with water to wash, otherwise configure a new mix of pigments; such as the production of large-scale works indoors, can be used to mix the color of porcelain pots or glass (under the paste white paper).
In addition, some authors paint with the help of scrapers, loofahs, sponges, crayons and other auxiliary tools to show a variety of different artistic effects. Such as the water in the picture of the flash, small branches, snowflakes and other places that are not easy to empty out, commonly used knife scraping out, the effect is very vivid. Crayon is also used for local and fine prints that are not easy to empty out, because the oil and water of the crayon can not be combined to leave a natural blank, coloring can be boldly pen, without constraints. Sponges and loofahs are used to absorb some of the color that has not yet dried on the screen, creating a moist and thick effect. Using a loofah to beat on the gouache color base of the painting can produce a special effect of pale strength and dappled light and shadow. Of course, this kind of auxiliary tools can only be used appropriately, especially beginners to start to use as little as possible.
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