Carne - 10" x 8" £150 - Using a limited palet of colours, gives you the freedom of simplicity to create a wonderfully tonal painting. in...
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Gwithian – Nr St Ives – Cornwall
" Hunkered down in the Marin Grass" 10" x 8" Board + Frame Acrylic £195 I used a very limited palet of about 5 colours to achieve this piece, by applying a very pale Lemon yellow mixed with white , it gives the illusion of a much brighter sunset. there is very little...
Summer Colours – Memories of our Cornish Holiday
" Afternoon Light on a Rockpool " When I originally took the photo to paint this piece, There were 2 children nearby paddling & talking about the long journey they would have to make with their parents the next day, neither wanted to leave, and one said to the...
Sea Foam At Portreath – Painting on Board
When Painting try different Surfaces, this was a painting I did on Fibre Board, I had it knocking around in my workshop, I love painting on slate too, they feel so different and the overall effect is completely different from using Canvas.....Give it a try!
Porthtowan to Chapel Porth – Invest in your art on a budget!
Don't be afraid to try various techniques, it is very easy for an artist to get rather stayed in their approach to painting and it doesn't matter whether you are an Amateur artist or a Professional Painter, you don't have to spend a huge amount of money to invest in...
Hazy Days & Blue Skies – Porthtowan, Cornwall , Coastal Painting
This was a canvas I did a couple of years ago and although I have painted this area of North Cornwall many times in the past, different conditions in the tide and weather bring out the many wonderful colours in the cliffs, I think it would be great to have an Artists...
Reflections – Restronguet Creek , Devoran , Nr Truro
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Little Pool of Life – Painting Water in acrylics & oils
When painting water in a still state ie a rockpool, the easiest way to tackle it is to observe the dry light tones that sit on the surface and as the stone or rock is submerged there is a much darker shade as it sits below the water, this may seem a little brave when...
“IMPRESSIONIST” AUTUMNAL WALK – GREATWOOD – NR MYLOR, CORNWALL
An effective way of capturing light and shadows in your painting is by adopting a more impressionistic style, such as this painting i did on the South Coast of Cornwall Nr Mylor - Falmouth, now , as many of you know Sophi Beharrell normally does very photo realist...
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...