Resolve. Renew. Reinvent! Don’t panic too soon. Don’t throw your paintings away! They can be resolved 99.99% of the time, one way or another. Often, we just don’t know The Way or “How To” … Yet! Paintings To Resolve, Renew or Reinvent Sit down, list the correction options you do know about and see […]
Wednesday watercolours Again!?…..hope you aren’t getting bored! Ultramarine Blue Pb29, unbeatable and unexpectedly versatile, has 7 fabulous traits and assets that make it an artist’s perfect ‘go to’ colour. Ultramarine Blue Pb29 watercolour 7 tips Ultramarine Blue is a luxurious warm blue with almost endless possibilities. It is a very easy colour to get […]
Watercolour Wednesday again! Fun and exciting, Watercolours are predictably unpredictable. With their own unique Quirkiness. Love them! Watercolours Wonderful and Unpredictable You just never know with watercolours, they seem to have a mind of their own at times. You tell them to go right and they go left! And then you have all […]
Abstract painting fast and loose! I was able to create this free, colourful Abstract Ocean painting without a brush in just minutes! Here’s how. Materials For Acrylic Painting: Palette knife, canvas with a coat of orange already on it and 4 colours. Limiting my palette to white, buff titanium, turquoise and prussian helps maintain […]
I was enchanted with the watercolour and acrylic paintings the class finished with! To go from the traditional do it like the photograph exactness to … a “la di da” free, loose and “just feel it” approach is very difficult. But they did it, with a lovely joyful abandon! I think they […]
Its fun, its relaxing. Its a great acrylic technique, perfect for creating textural tree bark effects. I’ve always loved the work of Georgia O’Keefe and how she created new worlds for us to explore….all from just the ordinary folds and petals of a flower! I get lost in the close up abstracted patterns that nature […]
Sun kissed garden blossoms. A snippet from my back patio, filled with warmth and light. A hint of summery breezes, joy filled and so inspiring! They evoke all the loveliness of early summer and with it, the sense of expectancy ….. of what new exciting adventure will tomorrow bring?! Summery and Light Infused Painting […]
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 […]
Henry Matisse has many great quotes, but two especially, resonate within me: “Would it not be best to leave room to mystery?” and “I do not literally paint that table but the emotion it produces upon me.” The spirit in which I paint integrates both of these concepts. Matisse painted […]
Prussian Blue, a deep midnight black blue. Pairing it with cobalt teal blue is sheer paradise. It packs a punch when used in mass tone, it is so dark and powerful. Prussian Blue pb27 is one of my staple blues for color mixing, especially for foliage. The closest I can get to mixing a […]