Color is part of our life in all aspects and in all forms but what is more interesting, when we really start digging deeper is how we can manipulate the creativity by using the oldest of all forms of color usage and art called water color painting. It is also known as transparent watercolors and gouache and controversially most versatile of all forms of art.

Watercolor painting has got the privilege of being the fondest of all the art forms as a medium of art as well as popular form of art. Watercolor paints are comparatively less expensive than materials of other art forms, and they are durable and can be carried as well as mixed easily while using as they are water solvents. This form of art has wide range of colors to offer which attract many amateurs as well as professional to try their hands up on and produce fine portraits and paintings to be cherished forever.

Watercolor has many historic connections which bores deep down to ancient Chinese, Japanese and Egyptian culture. All of these civilizations have their manuscript were constructed using brush painting with dyes which were water based in actuality as found out recently. Few of the greatest creations in the world are watercolor.

During ancient times watercolors was the only form of art which had its root and was seen in most the households as original pieces of art. However, this has changed after the onset of 20th century when the practice of printing and photography has made replica of these original pieces available easily all over.

Watercolor is a tough form of art in terms of creations, and it has the reputation of being the toughest among all art forms. It demands a lot of attention and perfection in using the right techniques which in turn are also not easy to learn. Watercolor is a unanimous form of art, and it demands the accuracy of application in colors and precision as well otherwise the thought of effect will not be generated.

It is however not denied that the basic composition of colors is same as other forms of arts and media but there are few special techniques and tricks which are unique to water color painting. Value differences and clarity of the colors applied signifies the order of the creation.

Watercolors are the basic requirement for the watercolor paintings, and they are actually pigments which can be colored powders or dyes. These colored powders or dyes are then mixed with glue Arabic and water. There are many other materials which are used as preservatives or to give unique and special effect to the watercolor painting. The water base is always maintained in these painting and this allows wide range of choices of color precisely as well as by mixing colors and deciding up on which hue to choose from.

The quality of water colors which are available today in the market are undoubtedly the best and the number of colors which can be produced from these are unlimited.

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It is fun to use colorful strokes to paint by painters around the world…

- They use this unique skill to convey their opinion about this world using the power of texture, paints and colors.

Acrylic is one of the most sophisticated art forms that allows a painter to freely communicate his worldly perceptions in the unique way. There are many stories that exist in this artistic world that tells us why and how artists got started using acrylics.

Example: Renowned painter named Mary Sweet started using acrylics when she started facing a whole lot of problems using chemicals after her child was born.

Moreover, Barbara B. got started with acrylics when she got extremely frustrated when she had a lack of water colors at the time of painting.

Furthermore, luckily while using acrylics she realized that it was extremely easy to use it on different types of backgrounds.

Here are some techniques to use acrylics…

- It is extremely versatile medium of paint and can be easily used directly from tubes similar to water color paints.

Here are some simple tips to get started using acrylic paintings easily…

1. It dries up pretty fast so make sure you always use wet palettes.
2. It is advisable to use flow improver medium instead of water, this will make sure to improve the flow of the color to a lot extent.
3. Make sure you work fast as this paint dries up pretty fast.
4. You can even use it as a glue. Make sure that you use it thickly for this purpose and only stick un-heavy items using it.

The book written by Hugh Greer named ‘Acrylic Landscape Painting Techniques’ is an excellent book that must be read by acrylic painting lovers.

“Hot land” is one of the famous acrylic landscape paintings existing today.

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Do you know the art of Batik Paintings in India? It is a unique magic of wax and dye when they are combined on the cloth and this magic is well known as Batik Paintings.

The definition of Batik means writing with wax in Javanese and its main origin is in the island of Java that is situated in Indonesia.

However, India takes a lot of pride to have this unique art form but one need not forget that this art form got its fame after it arrived in the art schools of Shantiniketan which is situated in Calcutta.

It is really unique when one artist comes to know that wax resist technique is used in this creative art form.

Batik Paintings literally provide us with a lot of artistic freedom, and therefore, it makes it a choice of most of the artists.

There is a unique technique used in Batik Paintings, which is known as elementary technique which has been derived before thousands of years and can be easily traced to India, some sorts of Africa, middle eastern countries and various regions of Asia.

History of Batik Paintings exists since last 2000 years and is considered to be one of the oldest art forms that exists in India.

There are 3 simple steps involved in using Batik Painting as follows…

1. Waxing.

2. Dyeing.

3. De-waxing, that is removing the wax.

There are also many other processes that are involved in the above 3 major steps as follows…

1. You need to first prepare the cloth.

2. Then trace the designs out there.

3. Then stretch the cloth over the frame.

4. Then wax the particular portion of the cloth where dyeing is not necessary.

5. Then get started with preparation of the dye.

6. Insert the cloth in the dye.

7. Then boil the cloth so that the wax is removed.

8. Then finally wash the cloth completely with soap.

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East India has its name and fame as a hot artistic region for various art evolutions from…

1. The old age Patta paintings to…

2. The modern art achievements of Jamini Roy.

East India can be called as a fortunate region that has seen major developments of a wide array of artistic cultures.

It is said that East India breathes and eats art in various forms.

Patta Chitra is one of the famous art forms which was evolved and worked around in Orissa.

This art basically evolved the culture of presenting the communication that was present on the palm leaves.

In olden days where there were no paper, communication and messages used to be written on palm leaves and send to the near and dear ones.

Slowly, the text on the leaves began to be converted into unique creative illustrations which caught up as an art form that evolved in East India.

Have you heard about the Mythological themes? They, mainly depict the scenes from the major Hindu epics such as Ramayan and Mahabharat.

The Gods and Godesses like Ganesha, Krishna, Saraswati and Radha too get their image and credibility in these unique artistic forms.

Patta paintings had evolved in West Bengal. They are extremely unique wherein paper sheets are sewn and then painted.

They paint upon all the mythological and cultural art forms on these scrolls and also change their topics based on the needs and wants of their customers.

Nowadays, in recent times they have focused their attention to paint various historical events, ecological and geographic issues such as earthquakes and floods and also present various social problems.

In olden days these paintings were done on cloth but as said now they have started using handmade papers to execute their work.

The scrolls on which they paint are in most cases unmounted.

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