VISUAL

COMMUNICATION 4

MODULE 1

ARCH.CARMELA C. QUIZANA
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

REFERENCES:
INTRODUCTION TO WATER COLOR
BOUDROUZEL BILEL
THE ELEMENTS OF COLOR
JOHANNES ITTEN
 WATER COLOR
Watercolor also spelled WATERCOLOUR,
• Pigment ground in gum, usually gum arabic,
and applied with brush and water to a
painting surface, usually paper;

• The pigment is ordinarily transparent but can

be made opaque by mixing with a whiting and
in this form is known as body colour, or
gouache; it can also be mixed with casein, a
phosphoprotein of milk.
Opaque- cloudy, unclear, foggy
Gouache- a water color executed with opaque water colors mixed
with gum
TYPES OF PAINT HALF-PANS, and larger pans
• Can be bought individually or
in paintboxes.
TUBES OF PAINT
• They are small and portable,
• are usually stronger than pans.
so useful for painting outdoor
• They squeeze easily onto a pallet and are
quick to mix, mixing them good for large
washes.

PAINTBOXES
• are convenient way of storing and transporting half-
pans or pans. The lids can be used as pallets.
BRUSHES
Traditional watercolor brushes
• are made from soft hair and those made from sable are
considered the best.
• Sable brushes are expensive,
• buying a first set of brushes, look for synthetic and sable blends,
which have been developed to mimic pure sable.

Whatever a brush is made from, it should point well and hold its
shape, be able to hold a generous amount of paint, and be supple
and springy
 BRUSHES
Rounds and Flats

Round brushes are conical and can be shaped

into a fine point.
• They are numbered: higher number is the largest brush

Flat brushes are wide and have straight ends.

• size is given by an imperial or metric measurement.
ROUND BRUSHES
BRUSHES

FLAT BRUSHES
BRUSHES No. 9 Round

No. 9 Round with squirrel hair

No. 14 Round

No. 15 Round

½ in (12.5mm)flat

1 in (25mm) flat
BRUSHES
2 in (50mm) hake
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

WELL PALLETS NATURAL SPONGES

PUTTY ERASERS
MASKING FLUID
PENCIL (B) MASKING TAPE
TYPES OF PAPER
3 main types of paper surface:

rough paper has cold-pressed, hot-pressed paper

been allowed to dry paper has a slight has a hard, smooth
without pressing. texture; surface;

• Paper weights are given in lbs (pounds per ream) or gsm (grams per square meter).
• The choice ranges from light paper, which weighs 90 lb (190 gsm), to heavy 300 lb (638
gsm) paper.
 PAINT ON PAPER
• The type of paper you use has a marked effect on a painting.

These three sunset painting were painted on the three different paper; hot-pressed, cold-
pressed and rough.

Hot-Pressed paper Cold -Pressed paper Rough paper

• washes are difficult to control on this
paper and tend to dry with hard edges.
• This paper is better for more linear
subject
• Easiest paper to use as the surface is
good for broad even washes.
• Suitable for paintings with fine detail
and brushwork
• Can be quite difficult to use but reacts
well to a bold approach.
• Washes are often broken by the
paper’s surface, which is useful when
textured effect is desired.
RESEARCH NO.1
A. Color C. Water Color Characteristics
Color theory Transparency
The Color Wheel Opacity
-Primary Value Range
-Secondary Tinting strength
-Tertiary Staining
B. Properties of Color Granulation
Hue Texture
Value Chroma
Intensity Variation
Chroma