Using a Grayscale Reference
Next time you are considering painting from a photo, why not give yourself the benefit of the doubt and try working from a black and white image? You might be pleasantly surprised.
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September 27 2018
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September 27 2018
Painting Tip : Painting on Gray Days
Hi guys, if you've ever looked out on a gray day and been at a loss for painting subjects, this one's for you. Gray days have a few strong advantages over sunny days...
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September 27 2018
Painting Tip : How to Paint Glowing Light
Here are some of the basic principles behind painting a glowing light source (the sun in this case), based on outdoor painting observation taken through to a studio painting.
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September 27 2018
Painting Tip : Using Oils like Watercolors
An exciting technique I tried out the other day. It's sort of like watercolor in that the initial dark washes are really thin, allowing the canvas (or in this case, board) to show through.
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September 27 2018
Painting Tip : The Creative Mode
Had a bit of a rough start to the day today - had the blues, but gave myself a good 2 hour dose of outdoor painting and that seemed to sort me out.
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September 27 2018
Be Inspired by Cathedral Cove
I finally got to paint Cathedral Cove after many years of dreaming about it. It's certainly more than I ever could have hoped for - a magical place which looks like God took extra care in carving the rock formations, planting the trees and colouring the water.
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September 27 2018
How to light a still life painting
Have you ever tried to paint a still life? I find the hardest and most time consuming part of it is just setting it up. Getting it to look interesting, well balanced and well lit turns out to be all the more difficult by the endless number of options.
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September 27 2018
Be Inspired. MMORPA ART: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Art
An evolving painting created by four artists working simultaneously on the same digital canvas connected by the internet.
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September 27 2018
Websites for Artists
I get a lot of questions about how best to use the web to promote your art. The truth is that there's no single best way - the internet is a big place and the answers it holds for your success are limited only by your imagination. Out of all the methods to market your work online the standard painters website is perhaps the one thing any artist shouldn't be without these days.
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September 27 2018
Painting Adventure: Letting Go
The other day I attended a weekend painting workshop held by my friend Brett A'court who lives nearby. His art is at polar opposites to mine and yet we enjoy each others company and we sometimes paint together in his studio.
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September 27 2018
Painting Adventure : Peach Cove
I sailed out to Peach Cove with my Dad and my Niece and Nephew for a day at this special little beach. Although I wouldn't call this painting a masterpiece by any means I thought it might be valuable for you to learn what I could have done to make this a stronger painting.
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September 27 2018
Painting a value study
Leaving out the color gives you a good chance to focus on other aspects of painting that often get overlooked in the rush to paint dramatic color - important stuff like value relationships, accurate drawing and lost and found edges.