Colour Techniques - Which Paint To Use?
COLOUR TECHNIQUES - WHICH PAINT TO USE?
Art and painting is what we create in paper or canvas through some inspiration.
To create a masterpiece firstly we need to decide which is the best paint for us and in which medium we can showcase our art.
An Introduction to Acrylic, Oil, and Watercolours
Acrylic Paints
Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic is the state of the art choice for today's most modern painter.
I personally use acrylic paints more.
The main concept to use acrylics is that you need to be really fast in blending as it is a fast-drying paint. Depending on how much the paint is diluted with water, or modified with acrylic gels, mediums, or pastes, the finished acrylic painting can resemble a watercolour, or oil painting, or have its own unique characteristics. As with most acrylic mediums, most resins when wet have a milky appearance that turns clear as it dries. This causes a colour shift; as the paints dry the 'milkiness' disappears and the paints appear darker. No other kind of paint offers as this much customisation- there are gels, pastes and fluid mediums that allow you to alter transparency and texture. Previously used colour can't be mixed. However, for versatility, it is hard to beat.
Acrylics are great for mixed media artists as it creates a stable ground for almost all wet and dry media and with no solvents required for painting or to clean-up.
Best Acrylic Paints :
- Winsor & Newton Artist's Acrylic.
- Liquitex BASICS Acrylic.
- Blick Studio Acrylics.
- Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paint Set.
- Golden Fluid Acrylics.
- Utrecht Artists' Acrylic.
- Sennelier Abstract Acrylics.
Uses:
Acrylics can be used on surfaces besides canvas, such as wood, metal, fabrics and ceramics. They are used in decorative painting techniques and faux finishes to decorate objects of ordinary life.
Pros:
Water-soluble, a large variety of textures, shiny appearance.
Cons:
Fast-drying, colour shift from wet to dry paint can make colour matching difficult.
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Oil Paints
Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. These paints have
a richness that is unparalleled. As it is slow drying which means colour can be blended on the support – how you
might imagine a sky by Constable would be painted. Paints are thinned and brushes cleaned with the use of artist’s solvents such
as turpentine or Zest-It. Drying
times can be sped up with the use of alkyd mediums or driers. Water-mixable
oils get around the problem of needing solvents, while oil sticks allow you to
draw straight on to canvas with pure colour and discover a direct, tactile and
expressive way of working.
Best Oil Paints :
- Best Slow-Drying Paint: M Graham Oil Paints.
- Best Fast-Drying Paint: Gamblin Oil Paints.
- Best for Beginners: Winsor and Newton Oil Paints.
- Best Stiff Paint: Sennelier Oil Paints.
- Best Paint for Even Drying: Schmincke Oil Paints.
Uses :
Common modern applications of oil paint other than in painting are in finishing and protection of wood in buildings and exposed metal structures such as ships and bridges.
Pros:
Rich colour, easy to apply in lots of ways, easily controlled with mediums
Cons:
Slow drying, require solvents
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Watercolours
Watercolours are made of pigments,
gum arabic and distilled water, suspended in a water-based solution which evaporates as the paint dries to leave pure colour and its glossy binder.
It is most commonly applied to paper. Watercolour refers to both the medium and the resulting artwork. It is fast drying yet re-wettable. Because of the paints
are small and easily transportable, it is the medium of choice for many
beginners.
I personally have a great experience of using watercolours as it can blend easily and do not create mixing problem like acrylics. I feel portraits can be made best with watercolours. The paint is available in solid pans as well as in tubes, which makes it the easiest paint to take abroad.
Watercolour is often known as the easiest paint to work with, but is also considered the most difficult to master, which must be some indication of the enigma it carries!
Watercolour works well with coloured pencil, watercolour pencils, graphite and ink for creating mixed media pieces.
Clean water and scrap paper are the heroes of watercolour painting. A container of clean water will help you thin paint colours and wash the brush when switching colours.
Watercolour is often known as the easiest paint to work with, but is also considered the most difficult to master, which must be some indication of the enigma it carries!
Watercolour works well with coloured pencil, watercolour pencils, graphite and ink for creating mixed media pieces.
Clean water and scrap paper are the heroes of watercolour painting. A container of clean water will help you thin paint colours and wash the brush when switching colours.
Best Watercolours :
- Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Sketchers Pocket Box.
- Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections: The Classics.
- Reeves Watercolor Wheel Set Paint Kit.
- Daniel Smith Extra Fine Essentials Introductory Watercolor.
Uses :
Watercolours are also used by still life, landscape or portrait painters to create small-scale studies of complex paintings that they plan to do on a much larger scale later.
Pros :
Fast-drying, not as messy as oils or acrylics, portable.
Cons:
Cons:
Colours are not as saturated as oils or acrylics, less mark-making variety .
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