BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

SELF STUDY

USING MIXED MEDIUM FOR ILLUSTARTION

(WATERCOLOR AND INKING)

Submitted by:
Chetan Sampat
Roll No.-08
Fi.Y B.Arch Sem:X Div:B

[Academic Year 2020-2021]

College Stamp
Index
• Synopsis
• Timeline
• Methodology
• Primary Data – Information ,History
• Secondary Data – Techniques ,Contemporary Art
CHAPTRE-1
SYNOPSIS
SYNOPSIS:
Aim:
To create an illustration with mixed medium of painting i.e. watercolor and ink (pen) rendering
that resembles a particular abstract in a monochromatic and Desaturated form.

Objective:
• Exploring different techniques of watercolor and inking such as brush strokes , line works,
and color concepts etc.
• Studying Various composition that relates to abstract of a painting.
• Studying tint tone shade of warm and cool colors to produce depth via monochrome mixing
of colors.

Methodology:
• Analyzing data for execution of the abstract of the frame.
• Determining best elements to fit the frame that depicts the abstract.
• Establishing composition that best fits the abstract and the sense to be conveyed via the
frame.

Scope:
• The frame shall create a sense of completeness and composition although usage of plenty of
line works (inking) in a chaotic texture.
• Although monochromatic and desaturated in nature but the frame shall be able to portray a
cool and peaceful vista.

Limitation:
• Fine arts is very much subjective to the viewers. Likely what is cold and peaceful to one
might resemble death and emptiness to others.
• Mixed medium usage has more critique citation.

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Timeline:
1. Week 1- Searching and finalizing the topic
2. Week 2- Synopsis
3. Week 3- Synopsis
4. Week 4- Introduction
5. Week 5,6- Methodology
6. Week 7,8- Researching and collecting data
7. Week 9,10- Studying of water color as medium of painting & inking as medium of
sketching
8. Week 11,12-Analysis of my own work
9. Week 13,14-Combining the data and work on final presentation
10. Week 15,16-Time for revision and correction

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 METHODOLOGY

Research Methodology

Primary Data Secondary Data

Encyclopaedia Online Blogs

Vlog

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 CHAPTRE-2
PRIMARY DATA
Primary Data: From Book
Introduction:
In fine art, the term 'pen and ink' denotes a drawing technique involving the use of
black and other colored inks which are applied to a support (generally paper) with either a
dip pen or a reservoir pen .Watercolor is a method of painting using a combination of
colored paints and water. The term watercolor can also refer to a picture painted in
watercolor or to the paints themselves.
Mixed media in art history came into being after the producing of cubism
painting in the 20th century.It emphasizes the authenticity and falsity of painting,
mixed various media into painting. That is to say, mixed media includes a wide range of
materials. In painting, it is no longer limited to the basic materials of various painting
like carrier, pigment, pen and so on, it has extended to natural media, industry products,
daily disposals, chemicals like clay, glass, cigarette end, chemical reagent and so on.
Watercolor mixed media painting includes all the materials that enable to combine
watercolor language or suitable to express watercolor painting. Watercolor works using
different media to express different style and feature,which is different from
traditional watercolor in form and content, can improve the comprehensive
expressive force of watercolor works.
History:
• Color followed, with the line still used for drawing and modeling of form. It was not
until Winslow Homer appeared, that watercolors became a medium to be handled
directly on the spot in a broad manner. Water color continues to be a medium that
lends itself readily to painting on the spot, and working directly from nature is the
most vital part of learning to handle it, aside from the original intention of studying the
various aspects of nature.
• Artists from several ancient cultures used ink in their fine art drawings. One of the
earliest surviving images in Greek art, drawn in pen and dye (on papyrus), is The
Abduction of Brises (c.300 CE) by an unknown Greek artist .
• However, the medium was developed to a high degree in Chinese art during the era
of Tang Dynasty Era (618-906) and Song dynasty arts (960-1279), and thereafter in
Japan during the Murom chi period (1338-1573). Indeed, pen and ink has always
been the main medium of Asian Art and calligraphy in China, Japan and Korea.
• Element & Principle of Design:
The design of a painting is its visual format: the arrangement of its lines, shapes, colours,
tones, and textures into an expressive pattern. It is the sense of inevitability in this formal
organization that gives a great painting its self-sufficiency and presence.
Elements of Design:
1) Line: Each of the design elements has special expressive qualities. Line, for
example, is an intuitive, primeval convention for representing things;
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the simple linear imagery of young children’s drawings and prehistoric rock paintings is
universally understood.
The finest examples of this Apart from the obvious
pictorial shorthand are found in associations of some
Japanese ink painting, where linear patterns with
an expressive economy and particular actions—
vitality of line is closely linked undulating lines
to a traditional mastery of suggesting buoyant
calligraphy. movement, for
Landscape, ink on paper, instance—emotive
detail of a ainting by Sesshū, sensations are
1495; in the Tokyo National produced by certain
Museum. linear relationships.

2) Shape and Mass: Shape and mass, as elements of design, include all areas of different
colour, tone, and texture, as well as individual and grouped images.
Oval, lozenge, and rectangular forms
suggest stability and protection and often
surround vulnerable figures in narrative
paintings.
Ratnasambhava, the Dhyani Buddha of
the south, surrounded by the eight
mahabodhisattvas, Nepalese painting.

3)Colour:In many styles and periods of painting, the functions of colour are primarily
decorative and descriptive, often serving merely to reinforce the expression of an idea or
subject communicated essentially in terms of line and tone.
Colour wheel made up Colour wheel with
of the primary colours approximate inherent
and their basic tonal values.
secondary and tertiary
mixtures.

6) Movement: Time and movement in painting are

not restricted to representations of physical energy,
but they are elements of all design. Part of the
viewer’s full experience of a great painting is to
allow the arrangement of lines, shapes, and accents
of tone or colour to guide the eye across the picture
surface at controlled tempos and rhythmic
directions. These arrangements contribute overall
to the expression of a particular mood, vision, and
idea.
Vincent van Gogh, The Starry
5 Night, 1889
4)Texture: Pointillism produced an overall 5)Volume & Space: The perceptual
granular texture. As an element of design, and conceptual methods of representing
texture includes all areas of a painting volume and space on the flat surface of a
enriched or animated by vibrating patterns of painting are related to the two levels of
lines, shapes, tones, and colours, in addition understanding spatial relationships in
to the tactile textures created by the plastic everyday life.
qualities of certain mediums.
Emperor Shah
Jahan on
Horseback, ink,
opaque watercolour,
and gold on paper
by Payag, c. 1630,
folio from the Shah
Jahan Album

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, oil on

canvas by Pablo Picasso,
Principle of Design:
Because painting is a two-dimensional art, the flat pattern of lines and shapes is an
important aspect of design, even for those painters concerned with creating illusion of
great depth. And, since any mark made on the painting surface can be perceived as a
spatial statement—for it rests upon it—there are also qualities of three-dimensional
design in paintings composed primarily of flat shapes. Shapes in a painting, therefore,
may be balanced with one another as units of a flat pattern and considered at the same
time as components in a spatial design, balanced one behind another. A symmetrical
balance of tone and colour masses of equal weight creates a serene and sometimes
monumental design, while a more dynamic effect is created by an asymmetrical balance.

Renaissance cassone, painted and gilded wood,

Florence, 15th century; in the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London.
The flat pattern design of the anonymous Spanish
panel painting Virgin and Child, 12th century; in
the Museo Arqueológico Artístico Episcopal, Vich,
Spain.
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 CHAPTRE-3
SECONDARY DATA
Different techniques to produce modern mixed media art:
Following Data is being collected from the blog of modern mixed media
1)Combining Water Media and Pastel:

Janet Cook layers pastel over bright water media underpaintings to create scenes that
positively pulse. Color plays a central and complex role in Cook’s work and is one of the
first characteristics viewers note about her lush mixed-media landscapes and detailed
mixed media portraits. Cook feels that no medium meets the challenge of working with
intense and saturated colors more than pastel. “Pastels are such a great way to trigger an
artist’s imagination, especially in his or her use of color,” she explains.
2) Mixed Media Landscape:

Cook prepares a landscape painting by applying layers of pastel. She seldom blends
pastels, preferring instead to crisscross colors of the same value to create simultaneous
contrasts that make the colors more complex and the work more vibrant. She leaves
approximately 5 percent to 15 percent of the underpainting showing through to imbue the
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Different techniques to produce modern mixed media art(Painting):
Collecting Data through Yotube tutorial of Irwin
3)Mixed Media Collage:
Irwin began this painting by preparing a
hollow-core wood door panel with gesso.
He worked from two palettes: a plastic one
on which he mixed acrylic paints and one
on the floor, where he scattered torn
pieces of paper. He adhered torn papers of
varying weights, textures, and colors with
acrylic matte medium. Irwin applied the
layers of paper in a process he describes
as “thoughtful, intellectual, purposeful, but
also visceral.” For this work, he applied
little acrylic until the final stages. Follow the
step by step demonstration to create a
mosaic art collage.

4)Mixed Media Portrait:

To assess value clearly when painting a
mixed media portrait, Cook likes to squint her
eyes to eliminate color. When working from a
photo, she will first print a black-and-white
version. “I don’t think it matters what color an
artist uses as long as the value is correct,”
she believes. “This philosophy, in essence,
frees me to use any color I want.” Learn more
tips and techniques Cook uses to create a
one-of-a-kind portraits within the tutorial.

Contemprorary Art:
Contemporary art is the term utilized for
the art of the present day. Generally,
the artists are alive and as yet making
work.
Contemporary art is regularly about
thoughts and concerns, as opposed to
exclusively the aesthetics (the look of the
work). subtle elements encompassing this
definition are regularly somewhat fluffy, as
various people's interpretations of "today"
may generally and fiercely vary.

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 Ongo gablogian War Nazi Painting

Ongo Goblogian an artist with contemporary ways and ideas expressing the
history war time and the depth of human emotions in past , at the time of partition of
Germany and Poland after WW2.The painting keeping it minimalist and with basic colour
scheme put front the pain and agony within the people of that time.
Historic War Paintings shows the after effect on the social and mental
impact on human so that it won’t repeat. The straight and long lines shows the distance
and the lack of connectivity to their dear ones .The eyes one being blue showing the
disappointment and the other eye showing lost in new world. Art is the only way to
connect the past to present and show scope in ideas for future

ResearchPaper:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313346653_Research_on_the_Application_of_
Mixed_Media_in_Watercolor_PaintingResearch on the Application of Mixed Media in
Watercolor Painting

Research on the Application of Mixed Media in

Watercolor Painting
Conclusion : Media is the basis of artistic expression, which is undeniable as the
essential element of artistic expression.Under the subject of serving watercolor creation,
any kind of media can be used as long as it can bring the desired effect to the painter.
Watercolor paint, Chinese painting paint, propylene paint, and slide water and so on can
all be used as paints and being painted on paper randomly. Whether painting form or
media, they all developed along with the development of times, and even richer materials
will be found in the future. In the application of media, it needs our brave exploration and
bold attempt. Relying on the precious experience and his own creation, media can be
further expanded and the new direction of painting can be found, creating a bright future
on the basis of inheriting tradition
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Vlog on Illustration of mixed media through Inking:
https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-beautiful-mixed-media-
illustration--psd-25250
In this tutorial, Andreas Preis will show you how to create a beautiful mixed media
illustration by sketching out an idea on paper, inking it
Step 1: It all starts with a blank white Step 3:Using some fineliners, you
page. Feel free to use a reference now have to trace every outline you
photo if you need one. Otherwise, draw think will work in the end. After that,
whatever you like. erase every remaining pencil line

Step 2:First of all, create a rough Step 4:This is the final step. Start to
sketch using a pencil. At this point ink in your drawing. If you work very
it's only about proportions and a detailed, this might take you a while
layout.

End Result:

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CHAPTRE-3
ANALYSIS
Analysis of my own work: Some of the basic principles my frame inherits are as
follows.

1) Painting: Painting is the process of applying paint to a surface using tools such as
brushes, a roller, a painting knife, or a paint sprayer. Medium or media is the material and
tools used to make a work of art. Technique is the method and procedure used with an art
medium.

Credit-Chetan Sampat Credit-Chetan Sampat

• COMPOSITION: This very frame is composed • COMPOSITION: This very frame is

such that the focal point is off-center thus
does it create a sense of informal approach (
fragmented focus).
• COLORS: warm and cool colors are used to
portray dusky ambience and hence over ruled • COLORS: warm and cool colors are
by warm colors. The slightest touch of cool
Credit-Chetan
colors provides it with a winter look
• CONCEPT: was to portray a dusky winter with
techniques of strokes and excess water
blotting rather than dependency in color
composed such that the focal point is
strictly on the center thus resembles
balance throughout with a formal
approach.
used equally to give a site of visual
Sampat Credit-Chetan
balance within the frame. Sampat
Thus the
frame expresses a balanced emotion.
• CONCEPT: to produce a conceptual
floral depiction i.e unbiased of
emotion and create a sense of
completeness via it composition

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2) Inking (Pen) as a medium of sketching:
Inking is basically the attributes in a frame that deals with strokes and hatch that
enhances a better understanding of the form and shape.In other words it can be
described as line work to portray form, space , depth and ambience in a particular frame.

Some of the basic principles my frame inherits are as follows

Credit-Chetan Sampat Credit-Chetan Sampat

• COMPOSITION: This very frame is • COMPOSITION: This very frame is

composed such that the focal point is
strictly on the center thus resembles
balance throughout with a formal
approach.
• ABSTRACT: the frame depicts the rising
concern in which we question and influx
our existence .
composed such that the focal point is off-
center thus does it create a sense of
informal approach ( fragmented focus).
Informal approach is more realistic to
nature in a manner where human
participation is limited
• ABSTRACT: to create a emphasis off-
center i.e. the trees. The frame is more
about white space management in a
monochrome composition that creates a
sense of relaxation

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• The frame holds a vintage building as a subject .

• The concept: the three floors depicts the different era of architecture and art movement in
a single entity. A mixture of Gothic art , renaissance art, and a bit of baroque touch. Yet the
illustration is dominated by the essence of gothic art.
• Desaturated colors play an important role to in the illustration i.e. it gives the frame an
essence of being old and cold .
• The composition is illustrated such that it produce a sense of stability and supremacy.

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