Learn how to give any painting powerful mood and emotion. Hollywood has mastered the art of manipulating our emotions visually by creating colour moods for each scene. It’s called ‘colour grading’ and you can do it too in your paintings.
How to easily paint depth in a mountain scene.
Nemesh Guided Painting 1 The start of a wonderful journey...
Your job as a painter is to simplify what you see and give it your own style. Your style grows of it’s own accord, so the question is, how MUCH should you simplify what you’re seeing?
Painting waves from life, or anything that moves, is pretty tricky. Waves have the advantage of a repeating movement...
Painting tips from my latest workshop in California.
Critiques of several student paintings from the Mastering Waterfalls painting workshop.
Critiques of 5 student paintings from the Waipu workshop.
Waterfalls are one of the most alluring subjects for painters, but also one of the trickiest to get right. Learn the keys to painting successful waterfalls in this comprehensive and inspiring course.
Simplifying form is one of the core skills of painting. As children we over-simplify forms, but as adult painters we tend to want to over-complicate them, adding in every little detail.
Seven things painters need to know to paint beautiful sunsets.
Painting advice from one of the greatest painters of all time - John Singer Sargent.