Blog: TIPS – Painting
Beginners’ Guide for Art Materials
Sharing here some of the techniques and money-savers and tips that I use in my art practice. The eBook with illustrated instructions is now available as a FREE download. Please Note: eBook was written in 2006 so some contact information and links may now be disconnected. Apologies for page 11 🙂 DOWNLOAD:
Published: 13-01-2025
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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