Dry brush technique, it is modern with pleasant effect of perception technics of drawing on a water colour paper or a fabric. Technics of a portrait and methods of drawing a dry-brush - an oil paint for artists rubbed by bristle and synthetics brushes on a water colour paper or a fabric. rubber eraser for make light details and other light parts in a portrait. At drawing by a dry brush i never use in this technics charcoal, graphite, a pastel and so on. For an example you can to look video on this page. Why it is called technics Dry-brush? - for example, on a palette any black oil paint is squeezed from a tube little very few, slightly touching brush in the paint and rubbed it on a palette, so that the brush was actually almost dry, (For one a black and white portrait enough 0.5 cubic centimeter of black oil paint.) then on the basis of watercolor paper or fabric rubred very thin layer of paint, chafed at the base paint is not greasy to the touch, for instance, just painted a portrait by dry brush, then you can insert portrait into a frame or rolled up for transport without the frame. At first glance Dry brush , very similar to pencil portraits, although a pencil used , some artists depict the initial pencil drawing - a sketch, and then rubbed with a brush with oil paint, and other artists do not use a pencil in this technique from start to finish like Some artists of Old Arbat street in Moscow
I am often asked: - what kind of oil and brushes you use for Dry brush? - in dry brush technique you can use any black oil paint, if it is a color portrait, you can paint using any color of oil, it all depends on your taste, i used bristle and synthetics brushes. At the moment I paint by oil TIONDIGO this is my old stock, this oil has nowhere sold. What type of pencil you use? - Any ordinary pencils HB. What kind of paper you use to dry brush? - At the moment I paint portraits on the Italian watercolor paper FABRIANO. What the magic rubber eraser you use? - This is a simple rubber eraser, but very soft
The method of dry brush first began its existence in mid 20 th century, the Soviet artists made such a graphic and color portraits of rubbing brushes paint on the white of cotton, plain white sheets, too, lend themselves to such a canvas stretched on a frame, on paper, drew, due to this appointment (outdoors) and the value of portraits (up to three meters) of paper in the streets for this is not practical. and oil painting road and short-lived in these conditions, and even more complicated. They were mostly portraits of political figures of the socialist era: Lenin, Stalin's and other important persons. At the time of L. Brezhnev were court painters, they were then still called artists retoucher, retouch - that is, an amendment to all persons flaws, the suit, especially when the image key individuals - members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the USSR, which should have been looking at the portrait of a much nicer and more respectable . Portrait of a dry brush technique is used partly as a portrait manufactured in several techniques consecutively: dry brush, watercolor, colored pencils, tempera. In modern art dry brush is perceived as non-traditional painting technique used by mostly free artists Arbat. Appliances dry brush at first glance seems very easy and simple technique of drawing, but it is not true. If you have decided to master this technique, all still need to have some experience drawing portraits in pencil, sanguine and charcoal. In order to understand its entire essence, hidden subtleties, to love her work, to do this every day to draw from nature in that technology, such as artists on Old Arbat Street in Moscow, tangible results will emerge over the years of fruitful work.
Drawing by dry brush from a photo
Drawing from a photograph in the technique of dry brush, much harder than from life, both on time, so different in approach, this portrait is often not burdened with time, so you can try to slowly bring the work to mind. If the portrait c life takes an hour and a half, and say high-quality and painstakingly traced a black and white to chest size 35 cm by 50 cm from photographs takes at least 4-6 hours and sometimes more, a color portrait of the average 6 - 8 hours of hard work, often the work is divided into several days, so order a portrait dry brush from photo on the average from 2 to 5 days depending on complexity.
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Drawing portrait of dry brush from photography was born in an environment of free artists over the past 20 years, this phenomenon has spread and become commonplace for almost any artist's portrait. Although portraits can be drawn in pastels, charcoal, sanguine and pencil, dry brush has the most popular, say most such as the Old Arbat street in Moscow, wishing to order a portrait from photographs have always desire order a portrait in the technique of dry brush, just as was the case with portraits from life as described above. Beautifully drawn portrait of a dry brush from photography differs from other techniques of drawing, it is more gentle you can even say photographic, deserved a great love for women. Someone could argue well here is a photograph ... but just think - this is hand painted artist, who at the time of drawing straining their brain convolutions, trying to think through compositional tactics of the figure, given the right push the brush rubbing paint in various places from the beginning to end of the picture, strictly observing the proportions of which largely depends on the resemblance of a portrait, and all of this to draw beautifully and tastefully for example female portrait. If anyone it seems that it is easy to paint gently and photographic, so even from photos, it makes sense to paint dry brush and it will be very instructive. Draw a rough, dirty by dry brush also can be, but do not - effect is always negative, it is proven in practice and if there rough draw, it is better to use a different style of drawing, for example in coal technology which also has its subtleties and its secrets, which also need to possess, and not a dry brush, dry brush it as a tender woman loves the softness, accuracy and cleanliness.
Dry brush technique on the Moskow street Arbat
At the time of Gorbachev's perestroika, when the barriers were broken and various prohibitions stagnant of Soviet era, and opened a certain spirit of freedom and openness. At this time, many free artists of Moscow began to gather in all the famous Arbat street draw portraits for all comers. Here technique of dry brush, is just handy, thanks to its short execution time sketching, painting portraits took about 1 hour and sometimes less, for example portraits in pencil in a similar elaboration of the time occupied by at least 2-3 hours and sometimes more, so dry brush has gained immense popularity and recognition. For many years artists of Arbat, developed it, worked in the most extreme weather conditions. Some artists in the early stages draw portraits in pencil, charcoal or pastels, too, later switched to a faster and increasingly popular method of portrait painting techniques a portrait on paper, dry brush. If we assume that portrait is drawn from life, on average about an hour and a pencil portrait during the same time get a much rougher, that is, the artist during this time can not catch all the details of the portrait traced in pencil. Based on the popularity of dry brush became dependent on short-time work on the portrait, with its holistic completeness. Since very little is always willing to pose for the artist on 1,5 - 2 hours, but children do have to contrive to draw even more quickly about 30-50 minutes and everything is sometimes not very comfortable weather conditions, wind, rain, snow, etc .. Methods of drawing dry brush each artist on the Arbat was different, Artists rubbing paint mainly bristle brushes of different widths, even usually broad fleytsami, some masters of picking up special, expensive brushes, which differ from the hands of other artists sometimes used a brush from hard synthetic materials. Each had its own unique method of working with this technique, some oil paint diluted with kerosene, and other lubricating oil for a good rubbing. Very popular among artists was the use of black paint to dry brush, it's black paint Tiondigo, its warm, somewhat bluish tint, in the absence of this paint, other artists used other varieties of black oil paint. Paper is typically used watercolor, because it has texture of a relief - from here all effect of dry brush, through use of watercolor paper - a portrait of dry brush visually perceived more softly and evenly. The most common and preferred paper for many years was: German torchon. Torchon which was produced in the former East Germany after unification of Germany and the demolition Germanskoy Wall, East Germany ceased to coexistence and the paper was removed from production. currently used several kinds of watercolor paper: Italian Fabriano, paper type, Shell, in fact, the surface of this paper resembles the surface of the shell eggs, watercolor paper with a surface resembling canvas as well as other types of paper all depends on the taste of the creative artist. Free Arbat Street artists have made enormous contributions to the development and distribution of this amazing engineering drawing.Difficulties of dry brush During a session it is necessary to wave much a brush rubs a paint, for example to pound wide flat brush quickly tires, with a paint it is necessary very cautious to be unintentional once having got on a light site of the person in a portrait a paint, we shall name its blot, not always gives in to removal, often in that case it is necessary to draw anew. Brushes after constants grindings quickly wear out, it is necessary to buy new. Very difficultly in this technics to draw a color portrait. It is very difficult to find good rubber eraser for to clarify some places of a portrait, patches of light, spin hair, etc., in shops and interiors it is a greater rarity, eraser should be slightly porous and soft. For it is black white portraits very difficultly to find black paint Tiondigo. Often happens, that in shop there is no necessary water colour paper which can be absent there long time.
My old photos
Arbat Street, Moscow 1991
Ah, Arbat, my Arbat, you are my calling! - The spirit of poetry Okudzhava very close to each Arbat artist. Daylight Saving Time on the Arbat, as always a lot of work for portrait painters, especially July and August. At this time a lot of parade and guests, many want to be painted, and artists, of course happy to try. In those years began to come to Moscow, many foreigners, especially there were many young American students, crowds wandering along the Arbat, is just to find one or two have expressed their desire to paint her portrait, a moment later the entire group had already poses. Only hear Very Good, Very Nice!
Crimea, Yalta, 1990
In the late 80's to early 90-ies, some Arbat artists liked to draw on the island of Crimea, in Naberezshnaya Street in Yalta, in the midst of the holiday season. Many artists remember with affection a romantic time, painted a portrait and you can go to swim and sunbathe, have a meal in a summer restaurant and then back to work. Also, as in Arbat, portraits Dry brush technique quickly gained its popularity among the guests, among whom there were many foreigners. Behind artist is usually a crowd of people. As soon as the artist finished his portrait, immediately place was occupied by other interested persons. Thus within a day artists without straightening drew an average of 10 - 12 portraits
Arab Emirates. Dubai 2002
Dry brush technique in Dubai was a novelty for everyone, unlike Europe, the Arab Emirates, in this case in Dubai on this technique did not know none of the Arab artists, who are just as we got an invitation to the festival. Seeing our samples of portraits, they simply did not believe that it is hand drawing work. Their portraits are painted mostly in pencil and charcoal. Seeing as we do in this technique, some Arab artists are very interested in it, wanting to learn, as quickly as possible, this method of drawing portraits, especially because they noticed that most people want a dry brush portrait, and very few want his portrait in charcoal or pencil. In this technique, I did not have any secrets, so I gladly prompted to interested artists, what is necessary to work in this technique. During work at the festival we had a lot of work, this wonderful technique is very pleased both by the Arabs and other visitors of Dubai.
Difficulty in drawing dry brush
During a work has a lot of waving a paint brush rubbing, such as rubbing a wide fleytsem quickly be knocked, rub the paint must be carefully, if you accidentally set blot in portrait,is not readily removed, often in such a case must draw again, particularly unpleasant if you draw a pair or triple portrait, so you need to paint with greater caution and utmost care. brushes wear down, must to buy new ones. It is very difficult in this technique to paint a color portrait, colors are very limited in comparison with oil portraits on canvas if the canvas work can be rewritten several times and you get the desired color, then dry brush do not, then colors should be more or less grasp immediately. It is very difficult to find a good eraser to lighten some parts of portrait, glare, hair, etc., in stores and salons are a great rarity, an eraser should be slightly porous and soft. For black and white portraits are very difficult to find a popular among artists black paint Tiondigo, strangely enough it was removed from production and on the black market tube Tiondigo sell for much.
How to keep a portrait in the technique of dry brush
As a portrait dry brush marks on watercolor paper, and a portrait of any paper should be stored in a frame under glass, thus protecting the portrait from dust and moisture for many years.
The technics the Dry brush painting is recognized by many artists in all civilized world, popularity and demand for it constantly increases and grows every day.
