Browns and greens are watercolour beginners two main challenges. But with these 5 tips you can master mixing browns! 5 Problem solving tips for browns that have somehow gone awry: 1. If Brown has gone too muddy, dense and thick, wipe half the mix away then add water to it and test on […]
I love leaves. All sorts of leaves – scarlet, yellow spring green, fallen leaves, skeleton leaves. I do not like snails! Yet here I am featuring a snail in my art post. How did this happen? I was in my garden having a quiet morning amble, a little zen, yoga, relaxation, enjoying the refreshing cool […]
The Masters knew. Make every brush stroke count. Each should sing! It should be easy, painting a single brushstroke onto a canvas creating a mark that is luminous and clean, fresh and lively – not boring! Full of texture, color and of course, with a good tonal range. That doesn’t sound too difficult, but it is […]
Zen of Art. How to tame the Dragon called Perfectionism? In search of perfection. A tantalising empty promise. An Illusion. “How Good” does my art have to be, before I’m satisfied? When will I be content and not frustrated? What does it actually take? And hey! why should I bother thinking about this anyway?! […]
Colour – Its all about colour! Here’s 5 easy things that usually help me to get a better painting. It really doesn’t matter if I’m painting in acrylics, oils, watercolours either! 1. Colour creates the mood I choose the kind of mood and atmosphere I want, then select the colours that will enhance and ‘set […]
Stunning scarlet red flowers create powerful and dramatic photographs with their fiery colour displays. Flame tree blossoms, poppies, roses and grevillia provide lovely eye treats with their colours bursting into life full of red delicious warmth and vitality! Red is a powerhouse colour; strong, dominant, energetic, lively and full of heat. As I have mentioned in […]
Creative, imaginative and different. Unexpected! I like to see some surprises in my watercolour landscapes. Both landscapes I’ve shown, have illustrated a creative use of Line. Not Line use in the traditional, regular sense of Line work, but in imaginative ways that make the paintings resonate within. Watercolours Blurred Lines Landscapes fulfils for […]
As I paint, my goal is to create the sense of seamless progression of back to front, i.e. background into the middle ground and then foreground. The prior post Depth, shared information on how Colour is a great tool to create the illusion of this kind of depth in a painting. Edges and Tonal values […]
The shock of the nearly overpowering cobalt blue sky is what grabs you first when you step out of the cool four wheel drive into the stark outback wilderness. Miles and miles of endless red dirt and cobalt blue sky. I loved it! Acrylic Landscape The only break is the occasional outcrop of rock […]
Photographs of simple common subjects with intriguing textures and patterns often create stunning images that capture the artist’s and the viewers’ eyes. Fallen Leaf photograph taken in Canning Vale, WA has great Soft edges in the background which creates recession in the photo, whereas the sharp detailed textures and patterns in the foreground bring it […]