Painting Surface for Watercolor
Acrylic Painting by Nkolika Anyabolu
I remember the paintings I did with Watercolour while in high school. I loved them and I have never forgotten how magical the experience was.
Though I have not worked with them since high school I still greatly admire watercolour paintings.
They are so bright and lively because generally, Watercolour is a very clean medium to use. It is not as messy as Oil or Acrylic and there are no solvents to work with thus making it very safe and child friendly too.
Quite frankly I feel in order to use watercolour; one has to go to a special school where skills like patience and enduring frustrations can be learned. Guess I might give it a shot sooner or later.
The painting surface or support for watercolour is paper.
Generally, the papers used for watercolour are white or slightly tinted. Most watercolour papers need to be stretched. This prevents the paper from puckering.
To start with you will be safe enough if you buy any paper which says it is suitable for watercolour.
Best to visit art stores online to check out the various types of Watercolour paper available and other materials needed for working with watercolour.
All the very best and remember your limits can only be set by you.
A Painting surface or support is the surface on which paint is applied and it depends on the kind of painting media (i: e paint) you have chosen to use. There are different types of painting surfaces or supports that can be used for painting e: g canvas, hard board, paper or even a wall.
Acrylic paint is very beautiful but can be very annoying and frustrating to use. Somehow when I was starting off in my world of painting I thought acrylic paint could be applied to any surface (I do not know where I got that notion!), but I soon discovered it is not true.
Watercolour is a very clean medium to use. It is not as messy as Oil or Acrylic and there are no solvents to work with thus making it very safe and child friendly too.
This video was shot while in my painting studio creating a painting of a Field of Daisies with Acrylics. Hope you enjoy it.
This is a video showing the progress I made when I was creating an Acrylic painting of an African village. It was painted on canvas board.
This video shows me at work creating a Flower bed painting with Acrylics. This is a speed painting from the beginning to the end. Hope you enjoy it.
I was delighted to have been invited by The Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN) to be part of their regular Health Hour. The Health Hour raises awareness about prevention, early detection, effective self-care and self-management.
I delivered a webinar to the members of the Igbo Community in Dorset. This was aimed at addressing Covid myths and misconceptions, and improving Covid vaccine uptake amongst people from the Igbo Community.
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Webinar on GMC Issues amongst IMGs and how to address them. Organized by the University of Nigeria Medical Alumni
This is the 3rd and final part of the landscape painting. In this video I demonstrate how I paint a beautiful foreground with Acrylic paint. Simple Steps with details of colours you would need.
Painting of a bed of Tulips using Acrylic Paint. It is a speed painting from the beginning to the end. For this painting, I used both a brush and a palette knife for the petals of the Tulips.
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