Negative painting

Artist Linda Kemp uses the practice of negative painting to deconstruct how to paint the essence of a subject. Here are her tips.

Learn negative space painting in watercolor by painting fish! Learn about the wet on wet and wet on dry techniques, that are so specific to watercolor and create this magical effect of negative painting

The Artery Art Shop and Classes on Instagram: "Negative painting often sends shudders through the bodies of those learning to paint, but in both drawing and watercolour painting, it’s something that you do more often than you may realise!"

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I've never used the Negative painting technique taught in this class before, but I'm so glad I tried it out. I was definitely a little too ambitious with what I...

Dorothee on Instagram: "Painting leaves I wanted to try the “negative painting technique”. This is basically just painting the background and leaving the subject out. Painting leaves is the perfect subject for it I thought .. 😉 It was an interesting experiment. Have you ever tried negative painting technique? I hope you enjoy my little reel 🤗 . . . #leaves #painting #negativetechnique #watercolor #watercolroart #paintingleaves #fall #fallpainting #aquarelle_daily #schmincke…

Negative watercolor painting

Learn the basics of negative painting by creating a forest of trees and build depth with layers of glazing. Add a little salt for texture. The image below is from a class demo I did and has become …

Although I love to read I would become bored if I had to read the same book over & over again no matter how much I loved the book. That is how I feel about painting. I love using my colors &amp…

Leaves wall decor made with negative painting technique Masking the paper First, I taped the watercolour paper to a wooden board. I used a ruler to measure…

Negative painting is based on layering watercolour paint. In this tutorial post I am showing you how to use this ethereal technique.

This watercolor tutorial is a great negative painting exercise using squares. It will help you understand what negative painting is and how to do it.

Negative painting is one of the most exciting approaches to watercolor I know! The technique is a unique approach of painting around an object to define it in a composition. When working in watercolor we have the challenge that other mediums do not. It is what we don’t paint that becomes the most important element. Think of yourself as a stone carver, chipping away, until only the most precious lights remains. There are many techniques to saving the “lights” of the paper. I have experimented…

Here’s an excellent example of negative painting. The geometric appearance of the tree is made possible by blocking in the tree with large areas of paint...