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Paintings of waves: Seafoam and Movement in the water using acrylics
Painting water takes patience and practice! To get the technique of painting water, what ever the state, you have to remember that it is a moving element....it is never still, and to get this technique into your painting in whatever medium you choose to use, putting...
Cornish Based Artist : Falmouth Area
Working from my studio on the waterfront in Falmouth, is ideally located to afford me the time to go for a quick walk in the area and take more photos and really enjoy where I live and work and still get back to paint. This Painting was a very loose style but it just...
Sunlight & Shadows: Bring Life to Painting
Cornwall is well known for having a wonderful clarity in its Light, this is reflected in many Cornish Paintings and is definately worth practicing over and over again with any subject whether a landscape, seascape or object, and where there is light there is shadow, i...
How to start a Sketch / Painting : Tips for beginning
When I start a Picture , what ever medium , in this case Pencil, I find it easier to work from Photographs, I look at the edges of the photo and work from key points , such as the horizon line, ( where does that come down to , in relation to the page ….a 5th? or a 1/4...
Southwest Landscape Painting: Painting with a limited Palet
As a female Artist, I tend to take too much with me where ever i go, so rather than paint outside which in a perfect world , I would love to do but is not always practical, I take my camera everywhere!!! I have learnt from bitter experience that it's Murphy's Law ,...
Painting in Cornwall : Places to Paint in Cornwall
I am so lucky to live in Cornwall, never a day goes past , that I don't think that... I paint in the most beautiful Gallery / Studio in Falmouth , That belonged to one of my Painting Hero's .......Henry Scott Tuke , when I look at his work which consisted mainly of...
Pencil Sketches : Getting Started
Before putting brush to canvas, a good idea is to get familiar with the view you want to recreate, I find when I am taking photographs of the Cliffs and Beaches of Cornwall or the many Creeks that dot this beautiful County, that although they may make a beautiful...
Acrylic Paint Techniques – Reflections
When I initially take a photo with a view to paint, I am looking for depth of contrast / light & shade, more so than the actual subject. To get the reflections, you need a strong essence of the above, in this example it is the cliffs and all of the colours that...
Abstract art : Ripples in the water
This painting was a little bit of an experiment using a more abstract technique in Acrylic paint and painting lots of swirls within swirls and creating an image of deeper water currents coming into the shallows, rippling around pebbles and to bring it to life , I...