Color Media

People have been asking me about different mediums. They’re questions are often about which medium is best and which is good for a certain type of painting. Well, for me, there is no best medium. Every medium has its own edge depending on your style of artwork. It’s up to your creativity to utilize your media. Before you do your painting, you should first know what you will be working with and what type of result you want to achieve. And it is always good to try different kinds of media and learn their tricks. Every medium has its own taste, texture, feel, and effect. These effects also vary depending on the canvas you use. The following are some of the media that artists often use in their works.

Watercolor – you can buy watercolor in tubes, or in half or whole pans. I would not advice using tubes because, in my case, it is difficult to control the amount of paint on the brush. You can buy pans individually or in boxed selections. There are many brands that make quality watercolors, one of which is Prang. It’s what I’ve been using for a few years already. You can buy a whole box with 16 colors, a half box with 8 colors, or in single refills.

Acrylic Color– there are several types of acrylic colors on the market: the two I have used are the Standard Formula and Flow Formula. Standard Formula has a consistency similar to oil color and is ideal for palette knife work. Flow Formula flows – it is much better to use with a brush, and takes a little more time to dry than Standard Formula. I prefer using Flow Formula as my basic paint. Texture paste is also available to help build up a heavy impasto.

Oil Color – this medium is oil based and, unlike watercolor, has a high consistency. It is an oil based version of Standard Formula Acrylic. This is also good for textured paintings.

Pastel Color – there are over 50 different pastel colors with different tints available on each, making over 200 pastels in all. Rowney pastels are graded from tint 0 for the palest to tint 8 for the darkest. The best way to start is to buy a set of 12 or 36 Artist’s Soft Pastels for Landscape. When you are already used to the medium, you can buy different tints, colors or refill pastels individually.

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