Painting with Oil Sticks
Playing with new materials and techniques improves your creativity.
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August 9 2018
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July 26 2018
Painting on a vibrant canvas
The idea of painting on a ‘toned’ (coloured) canvas is not a new one. In fact it’s been used for centuries to banish the tyranny of the white canvas and the help thread colour through a painting.
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July 6 2018
2 Techniques for more accurate drawing
When drawing from life or from a photo there are 2 simple tips to make it easier for you to get it right consistently.
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May 19 2018
Painting with more VaRiEtY!
Beginners paintings are often distinguished by a lack of variety.
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May 16 2018
Painting Details in Dune Grasses
When painting grasses or trees, or anything that we know is full of complex detail, it’s all too easy to get carried away with a little brush trying to put in every tiny little detail.
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May 16 2018
Painting Transparent Water
Many beginner painters see water and assume it’s all blue, or all green, without looking to see what’s really going on.
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April 25 2018
Stretching a Canvas with Tape
In the video you’ll learn the ins and outs of stretching canvas on a board using tape, ready for painting in the studio or in the field.
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April 25 2018
Colour Mixing 2
Recorded from an Evening Painters Workshop at Reyburn House, Whangarei, New Zealand.
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April 25 2018
Colour Mixing 1
Recorded from an Evening Painters Workshop at Reyburn House, Whangarei, New Zealand.
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April 25 2018
Painting at the Cove
I spent the day with the “Colour in Your Life†TV crew filming me painting this.
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April 25 2018
Peach Cove Revisited
You may remember a while back I visited Peach Cove and painted a small 10×8″ piece I wasn’t quite happy with.
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April 25 2018
Designing a Painting in 3 Values
I thought I’d try designing a painting in 3 values, mostly because the scene seemed to suggest that anyway, so I figured it’d be interesting to see what happened.