Blog: TIPS – Painting
Care of Your New Artwork
Storage, Transportation, Handling, and Hanging Tips I’ve added some easy tips for hanging new artworks below. They’re probably handy also if your moving as there are some useful packaging tips. Hope these few tips help with your new art piece, and a well-loved piece. Always store and transport framed works with art on paper UP-RIGHT…
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Checking Tone
To check tonal values in your painting it is easy to take a phone snap and convert it to Black and White. This is especially handy for landscapes with depth/perspective to check that the distant tones ARE distant. For this image it helped me see that the structure was forming how I wanted it to….
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Mixing Acrylic Paints
Today I’ve been adding more thin layers to a rain forest painting – inspired by my recent walk/resource gathering at Mary Cairncross Reserve, Maleny. I’m working on beautiful W & N stretched cotton canvas, 20 x 20 inch, and using artist quality acrylic paints and mediums. The cotton really lends itself to this light style…
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