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I suggest you read the following sections of the
- Free online watercolor book
- A (very) Brief Introduction to Watercolor by Boudrouaz Bilel
- I would suggest reading the following to get started:
- Vibrant Colors (starting on page 18)
- Color Mixing (starting on page 20)
- Light and Dark (starting on page 22)
- Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors By Carol Armstrong
- During Cezanne's lifetime he was mocked, ridiculed, treated as a madman and a barbarian, and had no disciples. Today, he is revered as the father of modern art. Cubist painters including Braque, Metzinger and Picasso himself all said that Cezanne's work profoundly influenced them.
- If you are interest in the science of drawing and painting pictures you might want to peruse the following article from MIT: The Art and Science of Depiction
- This text deals with the depiction of reality on a 2D medium, or more simply “pictures”. This study gathers elements from computer graphics, art history and experimental psychology. We will first show the limits of the notion of a perfect and passive record of reality. We then define the elements that come into play in the chain of the production/observation of a picture (reality, artist, technique, 2D medium, observer). We briefly present the human visual system, crucial element in understanding pictures. We then describe the underlying limitations of the medium, and the possible compensation techniques. Finally, we give a taxonomy of the technical elements involved to create a picture.
- Rick Surowicz Tip 4: Try Painting with a Limited Palette
