Kokuyo Camlin

  One of the many joys of creating a painting is the free usage of colour. But what if you use just one colour and its tints and shades to create a piece of art? That is what we call monochromatic painting. The word “monochromatic” means “single color,” so this is a type of art in which the artist uses only one color to create their work. A monochromatic piece can be either monotone or tonal-that is, it can use only shades of one color (monotone) or all variations on a single hue (tonal). A brief history Monochromatic paintings  have been around since ancient times; they’re thought to have originated with the Egyptians. However, it wasn’t until the 19th century that they became more common in Western art. The French Impressionists were some of the most famous proponents of monochromatic painting, including Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Mediums Monochromatic paintings are usually made on  canvas  or paper, but they can also be created by using any other mate...

  Learning artists, at some point in their creative journey, will always encounter the practice of figure drawing. It is one of the most common teaching techniques when it comes to sketching or drawing with  dry mediums  like , graphite, or  pastels . So, what exactly is it and why is it so important? Figure drawing is the practice of having a live model, often nude, and drawing their poses in real-time. It is an excellent exploration for an artist to understand how to capture the different shapes, textures, and proportions. Typically, these  figure drawing  classes will have a nude model who is either standing or sitting in a pose that emphasizes the human figure. They will hold this pose for hours or sometimes even weeks or months to give the artists a chance to create a detailed and intricate drawing of the figure. The ideal way to conduct a figure drawing practice is to focus on different sections of the figure with each session. This all depends on wha...

  When you are a beginner, finding some good acrylic paint can be little scary because of the variety of them in the market. We are here to help you with tips to choose wisely from a big range that matches your budget as well as your requirements. First of all, you would need to start playing with some colours and get into the world of art. This way, you will know the areas of your interest and the selection of paints and colours that you wish to make art with! You need to get involved to choose some good colours, since everyone has their personal preferences. It is not about the use of bright colours but the modification between light, dark, warm and cool colours. Choose gentle earth colours if you wish to paint refined still life paintings. For some intense abstracts, use bright synthetic colours which give complex colour concentration. Sometimes, you will find biasness as the original tint will show up in colour pigments. When wrong colour pigments are used, they create issue wh...

  Colours can highly influence our mood and also decipher your sentiments. Let’s take a journey into the world of pastel colours. Pastel colours/shades are a part of the light color range, which have a high amount of white colour and low concentration of pure colours in them. These colours can be made by adding more of white to the dark (pure) colours. Generally, pure colours are colors that display an identical form on some element of apparent colour. In short, pastel colours are pure colours + white.  If you are an art lover, than you can easily identify a “Monet” painting; it does not have hues of black/gray to it. Adding black or gray converts into a shade of that colour and it is no longer a pastel shade. You will find people selling light gray colour as pastel shade but it isn’t, it is all part of media marketing. Pastels are popular! Even though there is an absence of vibrancy, pastel colours look soothing and graceful. They are opposite to the usual overpowering shades...