{"id":17474,"date":"2018-01-16T12:35:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T11:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hahnemuehle.com\/en\/?p=17474"},"modified":"2018-03-21T12:13:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T11:13:09","slug":"heavy-construction-machine-in-a-light-watercolour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hahnemuehle.com\/en\/heavy-construction-machine-in-a-light-watercolour\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy construction machine in a ‘light’ watercolour"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A watercolour by and with Marina Abramova<\/a><\/p>\n

Up to now, people tend to believe that watercolours suit just landscape and flower painting particularly well.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”17483″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”17487″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today I will paint an excavator to demonstrate that watercolour painting offers far more possibilities. And don\u2019t be afraid, this will be anything but technical drawing where every detail has to be absolutely exact but a watercolour with colour gradients and a lot of freedom.<\/p>\n

I paint on the watercolour paper Hahnem\u00fchle Leonardo<\/a>, matt. My paper is a real deckle-edged mould-made 600gsm cardboard. The paper stays wet for a long time and allows me to blend a lot of colours right on the paper to create different and beautiful watercolour effects.<\/p>\n

I like the paper\u2019s structure as the matt surface offers me the possibility to not only paint gradients but exact details too. The flow properties are really nice. It can be controlled but is wilful enough to make for the desired effortlessness.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go: at first, the paper is fixed on a board.<\/p>\n

Simple adhesive tape will be enough as the chosen 600gsm paper is very dense. It keeps its form and doesn\u2019t ripple during the painting process.<\/p>\n

Step one: pencil drawing. I use a pencil with the hardness degree 2B for this step. Should your draft be too powerful you can carefully remove the superfluous graphite with an India rubber.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”17481″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]For this picture, I mainly \u2013 but not exclusively \u2013 use two techniques: \u2018Wet in wet\u2019 and \u2018negative painting\u2019.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”17485″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the second step I moisten the area where I want to paint my excavator and apply colour. Here I use the artist paints cadmium yellow, Saturn red and cobalt purple in tubes of the company Schmincke<\/a> and the rests on my palette that haven\u2019t got names.<\/p>\n

For my painting I work with da Vinci<\/a> paint brushes \u2013 broad flat brushes with 30mm squirrel hair, synthetic paint brushes of the Cosmotop-spin series \u2013 one with a pointed-oval shape (N24) and a round one (N10). And a round French watercolour paintbrush with squirrel hair N10 \u2013 a paintbrush I use for nearly each of my pictures.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”17480″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]The result looks slightly surreal but don\u2019t worry because the colours are slightly running out of the contours.<\/p>\n

I let the paper dry. To accelerate the drying a hair dryer is helpful.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”17479″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Now it\u2019s time to create a background. I moisten every area apart from the excavator. Afterwards I apply paints to the wet surface and let it run to every direction by lifting the paper.<\/p>\n

When the paper\u00a0is no longer wet\u00a0(only moist) I continue painting. With the help of\u00a0my brush and pure water\u00a0I am able to lift off the paint \u2013 creating \u2018star\u2019 effects. With a drop of water I remove the colour again. While doing so I benefit from a property of the genuine mould-made paper: that the fibres point to different directions. This helps me to create the beautiful, light star effects.<\/p>\n

Afterwards I let the paper dry.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”17486″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]In step four I add the shadows to the shovel and the excavator arm. For this step I use Schmincke Chinacridon crimson and Kobaltcoelin.<\/p>\n

As a final measure I add the details that are painted on dried paper. With a fine DaVinci\u00a0paintbrush \u00a0\u2013\u00a0 it\u2019s a special paintbrush with articulated extra long top, made of pure Kolinsky Red Sable hair and a paintbrush body of squirrel hair. With this paintbrush I give the excavator several sharp contours.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]And, at the very end: the signature, of course. Ready! More of my works, like my visual diary can be found at www.abramarin.com<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 also in Russian \u2013 or you can find me on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”17482″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”17478″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”17477″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A watercolour by and with Marina Abramova Up to now, people tend to believe that watercolours suit just landscape and flower painting particularly well.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”17483″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”17487″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today I will paint an excavator to demonstrate that watercolour painting offers far more possibilities. 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