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Painting Without a Brush

 

BRSHLESS PAINTING

Many people would like to paint pictures. They go to art galleries where they see many different kinds of painings.

In some realist art the painting looks nearly like a photograph; the artist represents objects or scenes as he/she

 

sees them, namely, as the scene looks in reality.

Abstract art, the opposite to realist painting, can be anything from a canvas covered with only one colour, or a set of lines and squiggles and it might also be given a title such as “Man Fishing.” Thus the viewer must decide whether to try and see a picture of someone fishing, or just accept it as it is, abstract.  It might be a good idea to leave some of these paintings untitled, them  the viewer can see what he likes in the work.

 

In books written about art one invariably sees a photograph of a person standing at an Easel on which there is a large canvas. The painter holds a paint brush and palette, while there are numerous tubes of different colored paints lying on a table.

 

An aspiring artist may go to an art store and look at the

vast quantity of artists’ materials available,  and also take a look at the prices of the canvas, paints, oils, painting medium, and, of course, the easel. Some people may feel overwhelmed by such a lot of materials needed to begin painting, besides the cost adding up to hundreds of dollars. Best go home and forget the idea of being a painter, much too expensive….but what a pity, if you have such a strong urge to paint.

 

At home you might just have the tools that a professional painter might use – yes, you better believe it! Check it out. Do you have rags, sponges, scourers, steel wool, cotton wool,

cotton buds, cardboard, bits of wood, sticks? Perhaps you have some of these items. Indeed you might throw some of them out every day as rubbish.

 

Now go into the garden and look at all the

different leaves, ferns, even flowers. You will also find there sticks – thin, thick, bits of bark.

 

Now go to the bathroom and find a nail brush, an old toothbrush, perhaps even an old razor. Look around the house for different odds and ends.

 

‘But why am I doing this?’ you might think to yourself.

Well, I guess the title of this little article caught your eye, didn’t it?  But how can you paint without brush?

 

 Get started. Take some paints, acrylic or water-based paints are best.  Get a jar or bowl of water, and some rags. Put together  a collection: a sponge, some cotton-wool, some steelwool, some cardboard, (any thickness), scissors, some tissue paper. That’s about enough for a start.

 

Now you have a few tubes of paint. The odds and ends you have gathered are the tools for using the paint.  But what are you going to paint on? Paper?  Canvas?

 

Cartridge paper is good to begin with, if you’re using paper, it’s about the right thickness. Canvas or some other material needs to be stiff. A coat of starch would probably do the job, or even a coat of white acrylic paint. Leave that one til later. Choose the size of the paper, perhaps cut it to the size you want

 

Work on a table,  a bench or even on the floor.

Squeeze some paint onto – a plastic icecream container lid, a saucer,  something flat anyway. Now you’re ready to go.

 

Choose one of your ‘tools’, dip it into the paint and press it onto the paper.  Make different shapes with it. Try another tool and another colour paint. Scrape, swirl, dab, drag along.

Experiment with how much paint to use. Use a little water with it, not too much. Put one colour on top of another.

 

When you’re satisfied with your ‘painting’ clean up: wash tools (probably the rags or wood) for next time, or throw them away, and find different ones. Leave your work to dry. Frame it if you like. But you probably need to do quite a few ‘works’  before you want to frame any.  Eventually you will find a style of painting you like to do, and also the colour combinations you prefer. It takes some practice before you feel really satisfied with what you are doing. Keep on going!

Happy painting.

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