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The primary effect of
a large painting in any space is a dramatic and awe-inspiring one, as it
becomes an artistic center of attention for anyone who enters that space. A
large artwork brings an aesthetic quality to the ambiance and adds stunning
opulence to it.
The size or scale of an artwork plays a crucial role in determining the kind of response it receives from the audience. For example, a large artwork mesmerizes people, catches their attention, and demands them to take time and observe it completely from a distance that gives them a wholesome picture of it.
A small artwork, on the
other hand, is an invitation to look closely, and observe keenly and leads to a
personal interaction between the onlooker and the art.
Imagine a 17,000 feet painting done with brilliant colors, priced at about $62 million! ‘The Journey of Humanity’ completed by artist Sacha Jafri holds the record as the world’s largest painting, challenging our apprehensions about the upper limits of a painting’s size.
This tells us
that there is no limit to the size of a painting, and variables such as the
requirement of the buyer, size of the space, subject matter, etc. play a role
in deciding if a painting is too big in a particular context.
The simplest way to determine if a painting is too big for a wall is by measuring the dimensions of the wall you want to place the painting on, and comparing it with the size of the painting. If the dimensions of the artwork exceed those of the wall, then that painting is too big for the wall.
Large artworks grandly bring a sense of drama and astonishment to any space and add to its character with their magnified aesthetics. A large artwork is sometimes produced because the subject it depicts- a divine or heroic personality, a mythological story, or a historical event, requires a large-scale artistic representation to truly capture the meaning and significance of the theme.
There is a long list
of rules that the artists follow to come up with a stunning watercolor
painting. Some of them are- selecting a good quality paper or canvas, preparing
the paper well by wetting it thoroughly, using the right combination of colors
to give a complementing balance of shades, beginning with lighter and softer
tones and adding bolder hues later, employing a mixture of wet on wet and wet
on dry techniques that results in a mature and aesthetically superior
artwork, select different sizes of brushes for adding details to the
elements focusing on providing a smooth finish to your watercolor
painting.
A good watercolor painting has certain discernible qualities that place it above all the other
artworks in the same medium. The Chitrasutra from the Vishnudharmottara
Purana in the 41st chapter or Adhyaya mentions the qualities of a painting
as the employment of perpendiculars for body postures and proportions,
exquisiteness, variation in composition, being true to life and foreshortening
or the presentation of depth in the composition.
“The master or acharya praises the lines”- this is what the Chitrasutra, an ancient Indian authority on the art of painting opines on what is the most important component of a painting.
Lines, the most basic and simultaneously difficult-to-perfect element in a watercolor should be well-defined and mastered to come up with a perfect watercolor. Thus we can say that the perfection of lines is the golden rule of watercolor in the context of India.
Watercolor paint has a
decent lifespan and rarely ages beyond use for years. External variables such
as temperature, light, dust, and human interaction determine the fluctuation in
its longevity, but if kept in a cool, dry, and clean space, watercolor paint
lives for long, with some fading of the bright colors.
