Blog: acrylic painting
A Bluethumb Staff Pick
How exciting!! My artwork Throw It to Me! Throw It to Me! has been selected by Bluethumb Online Art Gallery as a Staff Pick last Friday (7th May) – thank you Bluethumb Team All the details are here: https://bluethumb.com.au/judi-parkinson/Artwork/throw-it-to-me-throw-it-to-me
Published: 9-05-2021
WIP
My hubby sure has grown a lot of roses over the years. They are always absolutely beautiful. I have photographed so many of them, usually in the garden, sometimes as studio shots. And I have often painted them, usually in a traditional Still Life composition with a vase etc. The Work in Progress This is…
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A Bluethumb Gallery Pick
How exciting!! My artwork ‘Garden Party in the Grevillea‘ has been selected by Bluethumb Online Art Gallery as a Daily Pick by Staff last Friday (19th) – thank you Bluethumb Team All the details are here: https://bluethumb.com.au/…/garden-party-in-the-grevillea
Published: 22-02-2021
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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Step-by-Step
I’ve been working on this painting for nearly three weeks now. The layering of colours takes time as some layers need to cure for days before the next layers are added. It is from my walk last month through the beautiful Mary Cairncross Rainforest at Maleny. I have started off very lightly with graphite and…
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