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Art That’s Pretty or Art That’s Gritty?
Interjecting between the layers of ‘pretty’ the much needed steel backbone of ‘gritty.’
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Art Snippets on the Go
Learning is hard work! Look for increments of progress over the weeks and months, rather than looking at others’ work.
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Wednesday Watercolors: Fun with Brushes
I love a Good watercolor brush! It dances along and is in complete harmony with your arm, shoulder and mind. Perfect relaxing unity. Thats how its meant to be! I’ll share a few of my top brushes and explain why and how they work for me. We all will have our own favorites, of course […]
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Watercolor: Beginners’ Questions Answered
Questions. There are no silly questions. If you’re a watercolor beginner, how will you find out unless you ask?! Even if you paint in oils or acrylics…. this post may be relevant. So don’t move on just yet! Best 5 Art Tips I Can Suggest As a creative arts teacher, I’m primarily focused […]
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Watercolor – Secrets And Risks
Swing the bat! Take the risk, roll the dice, suck it up! Its just a plain piece of paper! I tell myself. I’m not a pilot, a surgeon or …. hey, a bank teller. No life is hinging on my choice of what colour to mix here. With any new venture, we’re all a bit […]
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Judicious Texture II 2015
Where does texture and detail belong? When to stop painting!? How to avoid fiddling? It is a matter of simply reminding yourself as you are painting, there are 3 main areas to your composition. Background, Middleground and Foreground. 3 Main Textural Areas: Background, Middleground, Foreground Each of these areas is to be handled […]
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The Dreams of An 8 Year Old Artist
Dreams of a child and the power in a word. She dreamt of drawing and painting. Shy, uncertain. So, I used a different word….. ‘experiments.’ Her 8 year old face lit up, I suspect – with hope. I may have just given her the one word that allowed her to try again, without fearing […]
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6 Easy Beginner Watercolour Ideas
easy watercolor painting ideas for absolute beginners, helpful techniques limited palette, splatter, and wet in wet are fun!
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Keeping an Eye on Nature’s Soft Edges
In my last post I’d mentioned, I was next going to do show and tell with the new camera lens. Yesterday’s photo experiments were great fun at the little nature park down the road! I took quite a few duds, but these two I rather like. I like their Colours, the softness and the depth […]
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The Delightful Palette Knife
What wondrous things a palette knife can do! Soft diffusions of colours and tones and heaped up delicious globs of paint, I think I’m a bit obsessed with my PK 1008 palette knife. But I’m sure you can see why its so easy to get lost in all the delightful patterns, textures and colours that’s […]