Seascape Painting on Stone
Why always paint on a boring canvas, why not paint a seascape on some rock, but not any rock…rock from the Niagara Escarpment!
How to Thicken Up Thin Gesso Without Drying it Out
If it’s easy to thin down gesso, how to we thicken up gesso? remove water is the easy answer, but how do you do that without the gesso drying out?
Pros & Cons Using an Art Journal vs Canvas for Learning
No special tutorial this week…just a bit of reading. I had to write this post due to emails I’m getting from people asking for cheaper substrate alternatives to practice all the art lessons I’ve been giving them.
What Colours Do You Mix to Make Green?
What Colours Do You Mix to Make Green? Who cares! just buy bottles of green paint right? Be honest, how many green tubes or bottles of paint do you have?
White Speckles in Your Painting? it’s not you, it’s the brush!
If you’ve ever painted on a canvas and after it’s dried, saw some little white speckles in your painting, it might not be what you did, but the brush you used.
How to Paint a Blackbird with a Firey Background in Acrylics
Have you wondered how to paint a black bird using acrylics? Believe it or not, it’s one of the easier subjects to learn how to paint.
