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Single or one point perspective is the foundation of all drawing.


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Sedimentary Warm        

Burnt Sienna

A sedimentary color; sediments quickly offering a mottled or shimmery look to the final (wash)

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Viridian

A sedimentary color; sediments quickly offering a mottled or shimmery look to the final (wash)

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Pthalocyanine Blue

A "warm" (greenish) blue.

A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly yielding a uniform finish (wash)

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Pyrrol Red

A "warm" (orangish) red.

A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly yielding a uniform finish (wash)

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Arylide Yellow FGL

A "warm" (orangish) yellow.

A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly yielding a uniform finish (wash)

There is not an industry standard name for this color. I am offering DaVincis Brand name.

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Yellow Ocher

A sedimentary color.

sediments quickly offering a mottled or shimmery look to the final (wash)

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Cerulean Blue

A sedimentary color.

Sediments quickly offering a mottled or shimmery look to the final (wash)

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Ultramarine Blue

A cool (purplish) blue.

A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly, theoretically yielding a uniform final (wash).

Actually Ultramarine Blue "flocculates" (gathers in clumps) so we only get a fairly smooth (wash)

Sadly, it's the only purplish blue thats light-fast and available to artists.

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Alizarin Crimson
( Quinacridone )

A cool (purplish) red.

A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly yielding a uniform finish (wash)

n fact, Alizarine Crimson (a very early man made pigment) lost favor when it was found non light-fast.

Today we replace it it with a better version of the same color called Quinacdridone Red.

Nevertheless, manufacturers still call it Alizerine Crimson.

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Arylide Yellow Deep

A cool (greenish) yellow

A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly yielding a uniform finish (wash)

There is not an industry standard name for this color. I am offering the DaVincis Brand name.

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Brushes

Brushes

I use mostly "Kolinsky" (Highest quality) red sable brushes. I also have some nylon brushes that are pretty amazing. They are on the high priced side of nylon brush prices.

Brushes do the actual painting. If the brush cannot do it ; neither can you. If you are a beginner, you should watch my videos All About Brushes.
and
Watercolor Brushes – What to look for when buying them.

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Papers

watercolor Paper

I use 140 pound cold pressed paper.

I buy "full sheets". Everyone will know that means 22" x 30". They are actually a little oversized which is true for all "mold made" papers.

Heavier thicknesses than 140 pound are nice but more expensive. "Rough" as opposed to cold pressed is also nice.

"Arches" brand; actual spelled D'Arches by the manufacturer.

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Palettes

Palettes

PALETTE Has Two Meanings

1) The selection of paints available to the artist.

2) The surface upon which the paints are stored and mixed.

In this case, the paint holder is a cut down ice cube tray. It stores, along with a wet sponge, in a zip lock bag. That keeps the paint fresh.

For a mixing surface I use a flat sheet of white plastic.

Another good one is clear plastic with white paper under it. A matte surface is preferable to a shiny one.

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Drawing demonstrating the drawing technique of single point perspective.

Drawing Lesson # 1

Elementary Drawing Skills

Single Point Perspective

There are so many different types of perspective systems for drawing and painting.

Atmospheric or atmospheric perspective: Illustrated in the lesson (Landscape Shadows)

Oriental painting uses a progression of objects from front (bottom) to back (top).

Even a Mercator projection is a form of perspective.

Since the invention of linear perspective, during the Renaissance, it has dominated world art.

 

The only tool you need to do this is a straight-edge

There are many systems for portraying depth within a painting., but none more effective than linear perspective. Linear perspective produces the image you would see in a photograph. The lens takes a three dimensional scene and presents it to us on a two dimensional surface. I find it interesting that the Human Species has been around in its current condition for 20,000 - 40,000 years. They have been making arts the whole time. Nevertheless, it took until the Renaissance for someone to figure out the very simple rules of linear perspective.

The actual lesson can be distilled down to one sentence:

In perspective drawing, all parallel lines converge at a single point.

That may sound simple, but it is so counterintuitive that I spend more than fifteen minutes in this perspective drawing just to try to convey this one little statement.


An Example Of (Single) One Point Perspective For Watercolor PaintingDrawing Lesson One -(Single) One Point Perspective An Example Of Three Point Perspective  For Watercolor Painting.Drawing Lesson Two - Three Point Perspective Drawing Lesson Three - How TO Draw Round Objects

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