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Watercolor Painting – The Play and Magic of Light

Watercolour paintings include fresco, tempera, aquarelles, gouache types of paintings. Watercolour paintings are done by using the colours mixed in water and not in oil as in the case of oil paintings. Watercolour paintings and the artists enjoy several advantages by using the watercolours. These advantages lie in the colours’ quickness of its application and the transparent effects achievable. The brilliancy of watercolour gives to the paintings is also one of the major attractions to use. As the watercolours have certain advantages over other colours the artist have turned the watercolors painting technique to their advantage. These painters often depict much beauty and more information and sense of the place than it would be nearly impossible otherwise. The handling of watercolours is an art and technique side by side. Using the water colours is quite technical, too.

Once you have put the colour on paper there are very few chances of correcting any mistake done while painting it further. While applying, watercolours also need special care on the part of the artists. And after getting a painting at home the owner, or a curatot, of the painting should care much about the same. The watercolour paintings would be vulnerable to sunlight, dust and humidity in the air. However the modern techniques have taken care of most of the drawbacks of the watercolours. Using watercolours have certain advantages over other colours. The master artists have turned the watercolors painting technique to their advantage. These painters often depict much beauty coupled with the colours. They can pack more information and sense through watercolour and the smooth brush strokes. Except in watercolour paintings, such a fee of the place and light would be nearly impossible. Wrtier of this article, Naval Langa is a short story writer from India. He writes essays and articles on various subjects, including the art of paintings.

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Japanese Tattooing: Yesterday and Today

One of the characteristics that makes the Japanese people different from others is their multi-faced abilities covering various fields of the life. Their creativity and talents are unarguable and tattooing is among the arts, in which their abilities are expressed very well. They possess a strong background in this art which any other country does not have.

Tattooing is denoted by a number of names in the Japanese terminology such as Horimono and Irezumi. Buddhism and Confucianism have played a remarkable role in promoting this art and that may be why it has got a negative sense sometimes. Moreover, tattooing has some links with the Japanese Mafia also.

The history of the art shows that the old tribe of Ainu, the people who first settled in the land used to make facial tattoos. The Wa’ tribe is also one of the early groups of settlers that made use of full body tattoos.

In China, on the other hand which was far more progressive than Japan, the art of tattooing was considered to be a barbaric practice. It was actually considered to be a means of sentence for the criminals who were to be identified by their tattoos.

In today’s times the concept of tattooing has become a vogue among the younger generation chiefly in the west. In Japan however the art form still goes on to be linked with the underworld. Strange as it may sound what was first used to label the criminals is now deemed to be a fashion statement worth showing off.

Some historical remains that were unearthed from Japan gave some significant informations on the history of Japanese tattoo symbols. In fact these tattoo symbols originated in 5th century B.C. Studies reveal that they had some connections with religion in those days.

Tattoo symbols are designed in different styles. Even if Kanji is a calligraphic writing mode, it is used in tattoo symbols to show beauty, love, happiness, peace, wealth and so on.

Designs made out of colourful flowers are also part of the Japanese custom of tattooing. Dragons and serpents also held an important mythological place in Japanese folklore and are widely used in tattoos. Intricate designs highlighting samurai fighters can also be found.

Cherry and lotus flowers are among the favourite symbols of Japanese tattooing. Japanese Koi fish also is used as a tattoo symbol. Full body tattoos are still one of the fascinations of the world. Even though tattoos have somewhat lessened today, it is still an amazing artwork.

Japanese tattoo designs are becoming more popular with youth around the world. In order to read further on the subject of Japanese Kanji symbols please click on the links.

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