Creating the illusion of depth on a flat surface can be challenging for beginners at first, Especially in greens. But with some simple tips and regular practice, it does get easier in just a few weeks! In the photographs I’ve taken, they show various aspects of depth in greens. Have a look at each, try […]
One of the reasons I love to paint is I can use the paper, canvas, paints and mediums to create a ‘nearly’ sculptural form that can be felt; literally and figuratively. When I Photograph, I use the same guidelines generally, but with different technical approaches. Adjusting shutter speeds, f stops, my own position of sitting […]
Landscape Foliage Greens. Most paintings generally will have 3 divisions of space: background, middle ground and foreground.They will also typically need one single, Focal Point. This Focal Point will have the Most contrast and the Most details of my entire painting. Everything I do in my paintings – hinges on the techniques and the knowledge […]
Sunset photo with a powerful design. Its steep diagonal Light tone is angled nearly to a vertical. The Dark sea foreground acts as the horizontal to anchor it. I love this photograph, and had to post it separately from clouds. The drama here is created primarily from the 3 directionals. The Most dominant being […]
Success in any painting has meant that I have created adequate tonal value nuances of light and dark. When I find areas that seem ‘flat,’ without depth, not very interesting, without shape or form; I always discover I have not created enough tonal variations in that area. The very basic, minimum I can […]
A few weeks ago I posted Good News about Epic Art Failures filled with several exuberant images that were not yet resolved. I had a bit of a think and reassessed the mountain created with watercolours using a palette knife. I determined that the perimeters needed quite a bit of softening, which was done very […]
The Feeling of the Land. I love the land, its colours, textures, shapes, layers and the richness of its dialogue. Its more important to me, to convey the feeling of the place, its spirit rather than the precise exact details. When I paint, I feel it. I rely more on my creative intuition than on […]
Atwell Gallery Summer School Art Courses – Drawing Using Your Imagination workshop – one of my monotype images
The colours of the natural environment seem to create a lovely feeling of peacefulness. flowers are a nice cool refreshing drink to the spirit lovely lemon lime leaves contrast the warm scarlet grevillia flower as it nestles into the garden foliage (above)
The lovely calming colours of the ocean in this acrylic and palette knife painting created just the right ambience! Acrylics colours used were cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, cobalt teal, buff mixed with burnt sienna. This was very enjoyable to paint, Great Fun! I focused on textural effects with the knife, trying to lead the eye […]
