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Pretty Exciting Stuff: Watercolour Painting
Pretty Exciting Stuff
Pretty Exciting Stuff: Watercolour Painting
An introduction to the medium with artist Ong Kim Seng
Episode 1: The Sky in Shades of Blue
Watercolour painting
What’s the secret behind mastering strokes, creating compelling compositions and realistic depths in watercolour paintings? Embark on a watercolour painting journey with Singapore’s most eminent watercolourist, Mr Ong Kim Seng, as he shares more about his artistic career with design student Karina.
Video reproduced with permission from the National Arts Council.
About watercolour painting
The roots of watercolour painting can be traced as far back as the Old Stone Age, where prehistoric humans painted cave walls with charcoal and other natural pigments. With the development of paper and developments of techniques, watercolour established itself as an independent art form in Asia around the 4th century. While varying kinds of watercolour painting developed across different cultures, the British school of watercolour became popular in the 17th and 18th century, and has since become the foremost method of watercolour around the world.
