The atmosphere was humid and warm. The air around felt tense. The well of inspiration was dry unfortunately. But a painting was waiting to be painted. All that was needed at that intense moment was a single stroke. A stroke that will become the root for a strong, exquisite masterpiece. A stroke that will design a bright, colorful art. A stroke that is simple yet spectacular.
Single stroke painting or one stroke paintings are the new, freshly baked pies of the art world. One-stroke painting is a popular and intriguing ornamental painting method that employs double and multi-loading to generate highlights, shadows, and color shifts in a single stroke. To put it another way, it entails loading a brush with two different colors and shading and highlighting in one stroke.
It’s a basic method that yields some of the most intriguing results, especially when using multiple colours on the brush. Art novices, enthusiasts and rookies prefer one stroke painting as these are easy to draw. The result is always elegant, distinctive, and brilliant. You can blend, shade, basecoat and highlight in one go and voila an interesting painting emerges from an elementary effort.
And to top all these, this form of painting can be done on any medium or fabric – be it wood, canvas, or ceramics. With just two colours on a brush, you can create a wide range of color tones with just one stroke. This does not require any rigorous art practice or a formal training. Just start with a single brush and two colors and you are good to go. It requires some practice to master this art but hey Rome was not built in a day!
