Introduction
At present day, Watercolor paintings and blueprints are considered a distinctive way to represent creatively dreams, imagination, emotions, and brightly feelings using bright pigments soluble in water. These technical means are still very popular these days. So, it is a watercolor pigment means that, when mixed with water as a mediator, and creates a type of paint. Watercolor is transparent and white ground (paper) and offers under the light that shines through painting. In this essay, I will cover the History of Watercolors, the Characteristics of watercolors, and Advantages & Disadvantages of Watercolors.
History of Watercolors
Westerners came watercolor artists in the late 1400s. The artists in the formulation and preparation and grinding their own watercolor and tend to keep their secret recipes and techniques for themselves. In the 18 th century the first paint manufacturers set up shop in major european cities. Provided not only basic dyes, resins, oils, but found a ready market for color pastes made equipment and other artist. The famous example is the "herbal extract" shop in Paris, which was prepared colors of Jean-Baptiste Chardin failure when the artist sight prevented him from making his own. Artist’s watercolor paints came directly from the colourmen in dry clumps that had been cut off of clay-like slabs of prepared watercolor paint. The paints were hard. Artists would have to break up the clump into useable bits and grind them in water. The
The di Credi's "Madonna and Child" (c. 1500) image is one of the earliest Florentine panel paints, known to have been produced with a paint medium that comprises of oil for color pigments. This method of painting, supposedly, appeared first in the northern painting in the first half of the 15th century which spread quickly until his time. This painting technique was first adopted in Italian who developed it up to the mark. Florentine type of depiction spread widely due to the painting. Its popularity among the masses can be understood by the fact that the image has been used by most religious foundation in expression of Jesus and His mother Marry during the child’s tender age (Gelfand, 2000).
Throughout history, many artworks have been strongly recognized and have greatly impacted society today. I will be discussing the works Number 1, 1949 by Jackson Pollock and The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh. While researching, these artists have undoubtedly influenced other creators and art movements with their works through their lives of exploring art. When I first laid eyes on the work of art called Number 1, 1949 by Jackson Pollock, I was instantly reminded of another one of his pieces titled Autumn Rhythm, which I have previously studied and admired in a humanities course.
Throughout mankind, the concept of art has developed and changed. We have observed a variety of artistic forms and styles through paintings and sculptures. Numerous amount of cultures and time periods we 're established in history from art. Some include the Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque time periods of art. During each of those time periods, new artistic styles were created and transformed.
This research was carried out not to only show awareness toward the society but also why people should take art seriously. Often times, we can see lots of people debating whether art is important or not. This happened because the lack of exposure and knowledge that has been taught to them. Art can help to shape the society and affect the society to broaden their view of perspective in life by referring on the artworks because each work of art can give different meanings to life.