Category: Resources
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Exploring pigments: Umber
Read more: Exploring pigments: UmberDuring the next few livestreams on my YouTube channel, I’d love to talk about and work with some of my favourite pigments. Each episode will feature a pigment, and after a few I will curate a limited palette with them. It’s no secret that I love desaturated colours and I work with them a lot.…
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Planning a new painting
Read more: Planning a new paintingCome sketch with me as I plan a new painting and update you a bit on life and work.
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Cleaning oil paint brushes without solvents
Read more: Cleaning oil paint brushes without solventsMany of my students who would like to work with oil paint, are concerned about the toxicity of solvents. And you’re right to be! Here’s a new video for you, showing you how I clean my brushes without nasty solvents. There’s no need to soak or wash your brushes in terpenoids or mineral spirits. It’s…
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Creative experiments #2
Read more: Creative experiments #2My friend Anna and I made some plans for creative fun and unfortunately that meant having to place another order with my art supplier. The struggle haha! I ended up adding some stuff to my cart that I wanted to try out and show you. I’m going to create some cool textures with gauze/muslin and…
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Creative experiments #1
Read more: Creative experiments #1A few weeks (or was it months?…yikes…) ago I bought a gel plate and some other stuff to experiment with. After an initial surge of creative energy, they ended up on a pile, mostly unused. I wanted to make a conscious effort this week to experiment more. I’ve done a lot of studying and working…
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Starting out with oil painting
Read more: Starting out with oil paintingWhen it comes to oil painting, it can feel like you have to wrestle through a full-time chemistry study before you can make your first attempt. This video is for absolute beginners, or those who want to reset their process. When I wanted to take my oil painting process more seriously, I started looking on…
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More figures from my mind, part 2
Read more: More figures from my mind, part 2I did another three figure sketches for you, drawn from my mind, in this new video. I hope you enjoy! As I explained in my last blog (and video), I’m drawing these figures from my mind to see how much information I have stored in my brain. I’ve found this week that I’m enjoying figure…
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Drawing figures from my mind, part I
Read more: Drawing figures from my mind, part IDrawing from the mind is an exercise that can help you use previously stored information better. I’ll explain why this works well for me, in this series of figure sketches. When working from a reference photo, I often feel limited by a few things. There is a need to copy what you see, accurately. Sometimes…
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Experimenting with crackle texture
Read more: Experimenting with crackle textureThere was one thing I was looking forward to after wrapping up my class; texture experiments galore! I had a bucket of marble dust sitting in my studio and almost forgot what I bought it for. Crackle fun of course! A while ago I worked with some pre-made crackle paste, the stuff you can buy…
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An oil painting demo for you
Read more: An oil painting demo for youI’ve been meaning to create something free for you to enjoy for a while now. Insecurity got the better of me lately. It’s interesting how that works and it got me thinking (and perhaps even painting). The more I allowed myself to give in to insecurity, the worse it actually got. First I thought, ‘well,…
