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 Painting
is the art in which colours and lines make the visual impression. Besides
painting with brushes, knives, spatula, nibs and even twigs are used for
painting.
Here, we are going to do a nib
painting.
What You need.
- Design
- Felt
- Hard board
- Oil paint
- Tracing Paper
- Pencil Carbon
- Glue
Tools/Accessories
Nibs- 3 types of nibs are
available.
- Rounded tip to do circle
designs
- Long tip to do lines
- Short pointed tip to draw
small sharp lines.
How to Do:
 Using
glue stick the felt on the hard board. Trace down the design on the felt.
Now you are ready to paint the design. Two things should be always taken
care while doing nib painting. One, you should always start painting from
top so as to move your hand freely towards down part. Secondly, you should
move your hand evenly while doing your painting. This gives the painting a
real look.
Decide on the shade scheme of
your design. Since the petals are not of the same shade, white and
pink paint should be used in good combination to get the double shade. Put
the paint straight onto the felt. Press on it or score on the paint using
the nib. Wherever a round design is required use the nib with round tip and
wherever the small sharp lines are drawn short pointed tip nip is used.
Generally long tip nib is used to do the lines. You can also take the
paint on the nib and press it against the surface to create the design. You
may take 2-3 days to finish off with a design. But do it patiently. You will
enjoy this. The design will dry off very slowly, say by 10- days or more.
The consistency of the paint is very thick. After the design is fully dried,
get it framed.
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