To examine the studio practices of professional painters in Kampala district. A case prof. George Kyeyune.
Abstract
Painting is considered as a form of art. It can be defined as the application of pigment in form of color to a surface be it rough /smooth using brush, pallet knife or any media.
Painting has existed for quite a long period of time dating from our ancestors who started with oil painting. Water color was also aquarelle from French, it‟s a painting method in which the paints are made on pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle. The term “water color‟‟ refers to the both medium and the resulting art work. The traditional and most common support for water color paintings, paintings on paper. Water color are usually transparent and appear luminous because the pigments are laid down in a relatively pure form with few fillers obscuring the pigment colors. Water colors can also be made opaque by adding Chinese white. In East Asia, water color painting with inks is referred to as brush painting or scroll painting. In Chinese, Korean and Japanese painting it has been the dominant medium often in monochrome black or browns. India, Ethiopia and other countries also have long traditions. Finger painting with water color paintings originated in China.