emortalcoil

I am not a naturally gifted artist; what talent I have is the result of my effort and a few good instructors, despite the work of a dreadful instructor.
I had the typical, uninspired art instruction in elementary and middle school (kindergarten through eighth grade -  roughly 5 through 14 years old).
In high school, I encountered a dreadful teacher and was required to take at least two years with her.  What made her dreadful was complicated. She openly picked favorites and wouldn’t “waste” her effort on anyone else.  She embraced the crass notion that allowing students to flail around and then praising everything was good pedagogic technique.  For a few months, she tried to follow a few elements of rigorous art instruction, like exercises around negative space, but then dropped that when it failed to make her feel good.
Worst of all, she taught those who were not her special favorites to hate the creative process, and to hate the process of improvi

Traditional Art Basics
Hello, here I will show you how to paint a simple forest scene using negative painting with watercolour.
This will show you how I personally do things, and it is definitely not the only way. Hope you enjoy! ^-^
What is negative painting?
Negative painting is when you paint around the object, instead of painting the object itself.
For example: instead of filling in the leaf with colour, I paint the area around the leaf.
Tools
Pencil and eraser
Paper for sketching
Watercolour paper
(size: B5, weight: 300g/m2; personally I like watercolour blocks which are glued on all four sides)
Brushes (size 1, 3, 6 and 16)
Watercolour paint (cerulean blue, cobalt blue, prussian blue and payne's gray)
Palette (ceramic is my favourite)
Water container
Towel and tissues
Sketching practice
I like to play around with ideas in my sketchbook before drawing the final piece.
Here you can also practice drawing straight lines with a pencil