Making a spooky atmosphere
This week we continued the Halloween themed house. Those who missed last week, I showed the target method of paining a gradual spiral around the moon in the last blog. Also from last week, I retaught how to create distant looking trees.
This week I brought stencils and ideas for finishing the house. I was cracking up at the ideas people came up with. So here's show and tell ideas for finishing the Haunted House. (I am missing a few and will add them as soon as I get them. Sorry)
Judy...just getting started, added a fence and a road
Kathy J..kept it loose and colorful, but still evoking that spooky atmosphere
Meg...Added tree, bats, and a fence with a cat
Carol Schell..found inspiration for the fence in a catalog
Vicki...using purple and yellow complementary colors
Sarah
Bev.. "Jut experimenting..." she says. I love how she's handled her house and background, then added some jack-o-lanterns for fun
Sylvia...used a real building for the reference
Francis?
Pam has a ghost in a graveyard
Lisa P's
Not finished, but well on its way
Carol L... don't miss the owl
FROM OUR FIRST PROJECT
Judy--love the cat!
Sylvia--So detailed!
Shirley--looks more violet in person. Love it
Cathy J's....love the changes in composition to
make it more dynamic
Just some tips from today
STENCILING WITH WATERCOLOR
I use an INK BLENDING BRUSH for stenciling. They are really inexpensive. It has many fibers. You make a thick mix of paint...if the paint is too wet, it will soak underneath the stencil. Let the brush absorb the paint, dab it off if it's too wet. Then brush over the stencil that you want. Using this method, you can stencil over any paper surface, including printer paper, card stock, etc.
By the way, I learned about stenciling from Jackie Hernandez.
7 minutes--loved it!
To use a stencil to remove paint, use a damp (not wet) sponge. Put your stencil where you want it, then remove paint over the stencil with the sponge. Good for ghost or making light forms over a dark paint.
FIGURING OUT WATER TO PAINT RATIO
You often hear artist talk about tea/coffee/milk/and cream thicknesses for paint. This past week I saw an artist, Dan Mondloch, that gives an optional way of thinking about it....How runny is your paint?
So, when thinking about light value paint, it is watered down and runny. You will see through it to the white of your palette, and if you tip it, it easily runs down the palette.
For more medium values, medium thickness of paint, you'll have less water. The paint will run around a little, but not like for waterier paint. Also, you can see less of the white of your palette.
For thicker, dark value paints, you will not see the white of your palette. And the paint doesn't move when you tip the palette a bit. This is the thickness you need if you are going to stencil.
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