Blog: TIPS – Painting
New Watercolour Paintings
Just Waiting for Breakfast It was quite a privilege to share a deserted beach with this majestic pelican. Created from my photo resources taken while sailing on the Gold Coast Broadwater with one of my sons. We anchored early morning between North and South Stradbroke Islands at Jumpinpin and I think this pelican was hoping…
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Afternoon Blessings
This artwork has been created from one my own photographs taken during an afternoon walk with my family in our country town Maleny. If you visit Maleny then this is the walk that starts in Coral street. This scene is just after the bridge over the Obi Obi Creek and looking on towards the path…
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The Pain of Big Paintings
This is a little TIP that I’ll pass on – you probably do it anyway 🙂 . When I’m working on a large, or detailed art piece, over a long period of time, I break the monotony, and the strain on my senior body, and mind, by working on some smaller projects. I find the…
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Sketching up a Design
This tip is for working on canvas with a smooth primed finish: To keep the colours fresh for acrylic painting I usually sketch the composition in pastel. The colours blend in easily with the acrylic washes…. and the best part is that it can be wiped off with a damp rag should – there be…
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Money Savers – Paint Tubes
To save or use the very last skerrick of paint, try the following hints: The tips for metal tubes below are really only suitable for adults to perform. ACRYLIC PAINT – When a tube of acrylic paint is finished there are two solutions. If it is a soft plastic tube then squeeze some air out…
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