Do I really need to know How to draw before I paint?
If you were to attend a university, you would spend a year or two learning to draw before you touched paint. Learning to draw correctly is part of teaching your eye and your hand to work together. How often have you wanted to draw something and then it looks totally different.
Learning to simplify every image in basic shapes and drawing using ‘negative space’, teaches you to really look. Students make the mistake of thinking that painting is all about the color and the paint. That is incorrect. To paint is to use tonal values, the dark and the light to create shape.
What brand of paint Should I buy?
It depends on your budget is. Try various brands and see which you like using.
I recommend to my students to rather use a cheaper, but good blend like Zelcryl, which has a good reputation, and is a good quality local (South African) paint. Rather start with cheaper paint until you are more confident, and don’t waste as much paint.
Leonie.e.Brown Artist at www.lifeart.co.za
There are two basic types of paint: student-quality and artist-quality. Student-quality paints are cheaper and they may not be as rich in hue as more expensive paints. This is because there is less pigment in such paints and more extender or filler.
Can I mix Different brands?
Yes of course, and so you should. Some brands might have a specific colour based on their pigments buys, that another brand might not have.
What colours should I get?
Get the primary colours in hot and cold.
There are two basic types of paint: student-quality and artist-quality. Student-quality paints are cheaper and they may not be as rich in hue as more expensive paints. This is because there is less pigment in such paints and more extender or filler.
Hot Colours
- Cadmium Yellow
- Cadmium Red
- Ultramarine Blue
Cold Colours
- Lemon Yellow
- Alizarin Crimson
- Phthalo Blue
Additional Colours
- White
- Paynes Grey
- Burnt Sienna
- Yellow Ochre
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