1. Painting 101

2. Basic painting terms
Painting – process of applying color to a surface using tools such as a brush, painting knife, roller, or even fingers.

3. Basic painting terms Surface – material to which paint is applied
Canvas
Paper
Wood

4. Three Basic ingredients of paint
1. Pigments – finely ground colored
powders
Natural Pigments – indigo, a vegetable or the cochineal beetle, an insect
Synthetic Pigments – artificially made from chemicals

5. Natural Pigments
Synthetic Pigments

6. Three Basic ingredients of paint
Binder – material that holds together the grains of pigment
The binder allows the pigment to stick to the painting surface
Egg yolks mixed with water have long been used as a strong binder for artists tempera paint
Other binders are linseed oil and wax

7. Binder Containers
Formula for Creating Paint

8. Three Basic ingredients of paint
Solvent – liquid that controls the
thickness or thinness of the paint
Achieve different effects depending on the thickness or thinness of the paint
Thinned down watercolor paint gives off a washed out appearance
Thick watercolor paint gives off an intense appearance
Solvents can also be used to clean paintbrushes and other applications

9. Solvents
Dangers of Solvents

10. Different Painting media
Oil-based Paint – first used in 1400’s, it remains popular to this day. Oil paint uses linseed oil as its binder and turpentine as it’s solvent
One advantage of oil paint is that it dries slowly, which allows the artist to blend colors right on the canvas

11. Durer
Four Apostles
1526
Oil on wood panel
Each panel: 7’1/2” x 2’6”

12. Georges de La Tour
Magdalen with the Smoking Flame
1640
Oil on Canvas

13. Velazquez
Pope Innocent X
1650
Oil on Canvas

14. Vincent van Gogh
The Starry Night
1889
Oil on Canvas

15. Winslow Homer. Hound and Hunter. Oil on Canvas. 1892

16. Different painting media
Water-Soluble Paint – watercolor paint is the most popular water-soluble paint. Its solvent is water and its binder is gum arabic.

17. Winslow Homer. Sketch for Hound and Hunter. Watercolor. 1892

18. Durer
Hare sketch
1502
watercolor

19. Mim McConnell
Salt Chuck
2003
Watercolor
$430 for unframed original, 8”x12”

20. Jim Dine Watercolor Study This would sell for anywhere between
$40 and $60k…
0h em gee

21. Different painting media
Gouache is similar to water color but has been modified (has larger particles) to be more opaque. Its binding agent is usually gum arabic. You can add egg yolk to gouache in order to create a tempera like look…or just use tempera…it’s cheaper. Lighter tones tend to dry darker and darker tones lighter.

22. Robert PEAK, 1977
President Jimmy Carter, Illustration
Gouache Painting

23. Siege of Yorktown (1781)
1784
Louis-Nicholas van Blarenberghe

24. Different painting media
Tempera is another; it dries much quicker than oil based paints and has a more opaque finish than water color

25. Madonna and Child
Duccio
Tempera and gold on wood
1284

26. Different painting media
Acrylic paint, which appeared in the 1950’s, uses an acrylic polymer as its binder while its solvent is also water. However, once acrylic paint dries, it cannot be dissolved.

27. Sarah Dees
Guarn Gardens 3
Acrylic on canvas

28. A former student of Mr. Hines
Sometime in the recent past
Acrylic on canvas

29. Real world applications

30. Real world applications

31. Real world applications

32. Real world applications

33. Painting apps for ipad
Paper by
Layers
Draft
Brushes
Sketchbook

34. Filter apps for ipad Aquarella HD PhotoArtista Oil Moku Hanga HD
AutoPainter HD
Popsicolor
Glaze

35. Other fun watercolors