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April 01, 2022

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Plein Air Painting

April 06, 2022

I have been painting many years and unlike a lot of Artists I know, I hate painting outside. I have friends who hike, bike and take sketch books and canvas with them and spend hours painting on site. I have on occasion done it, I have to say I am a fly magnetic and the days I have done it, the weather turns blisteringly hot. I use acrylic and a messy artist at the best of times, but when I take to Plein Air, I escalate to a whole new level of paint coverage. The closest I have come to enjoying this form of painting is on a tropical beach, under an umbrella, in front of the sea, sipping a large alcoholic drink with umbrellas in it. Using water colours are far easier than acrylics and a much easier clean up.

Colour palettes

April 04, 2022

I as an Artist try to stick to a colour palette of three colours and many shades there of. This does not always work, but I find this is a good rule to live by. Complimentary colours you can find by using a colour wheel or after a while your gut instinct. Here are some examples of limiting your palette to get great impact into your paintings.

Reworking old pieces

April 10, 2022

Sometimes a piece of art will sit around for a long time and an artist will take it and rework it. No painting is waste if it is not damaged. The texture under the original adds depth to the new piece and takes it to another level. In any Artist studio you will find a stack of paintings awaiting this process, maybe the original piece seems dated or never sat right, colour may have been off or subject did not work out, many reason, but all fixable. Don’t be afraid to rework a piece or change the background colour, if it is varnished it will work too, just a few layers of gesso will solve that problem, though I have just painted then revarnished backgrounds and foreground with great success. Art is an experiment don’t be put off or intimidated by something that pushes you out of your comfort zone.