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71. GIRLS TAKE A BREAK
This week we’re painting ‘Girls take a break’ a photo taken in sunny Tenerife. This is a nice intermediate piece that can be tried by all. We’re using a nice three colour wash to start and moving to six colours for our sharper detailed washes. It’s a great painting to really practice leaving those crisp brighter areas and then choosing which ones you want to soften. Give it a go and enjoy…
Read More70. THE SLEEPING CAT
We have a real challenge this week, this is one of our more advanced pieces called ‘The sleeping Cat’.
It’s a beautiful image and I’ve added a cat in the drawing as it just fits so well in the scene. Lots of wet onto dry and those highlights are all important here, a fantastic result and well worth the time, have fun…
Read More69. SAN FRANCISCO LADY
Today we’re painting “San Francisco Lady” and this painting “has colours run like watercolour in the rain” as the great Al Stewart once sang in ‘Year of the cat’.
This is fantastic for creating fast paced soft blending using colours to create the effect her dress. We use the reflective tones to create a soft fabric feel in the bright sunlight. This is an intermediate piece and most of all its a fun one…
Read More68. CYCLIST IN THE SUN
We’ve painted a version of this scene a long time ago but I think its worth revisiting, this time we have a great dark background, using all six colours blending together and a foreground with a lighter sandy tone for the pavement. Its one to do a few times and perfect for beginners.
Read More67. THE JAZZ SINGER
This piece is a great exercise in learning to add colour to a black and white photo.
You don’t have to stick to my colours here, have some fun with this fun painting. Try to stay loose and get nice and expressive here, I can’t wait to see your submissions for this one.
Read More66. THE BEACH BOY
Todays tutorial Is “The Beach Boy” and has been requested by lots of my students that wanted a piece they can practice again and again to help master some of the techniques before moving on to more intermediate and advanced pieces. So give this a go, its a nice fast piece only 40 minutes and if you’re not happy with it you’ve enough time to give it a few goes. Enjoy…
Read More65. CATTLE DRIVE
Welcome to “Cattle Drive”, it’s one that people have asked for a lot and it looks even better in real life. We’ve lots of wet brush work to create a dusty feel and we keep this really loose, we’re not counting legs, we want more of a feel of movement and action. Give this one a go, you won’t regret it…
Read More64. BOAT AND TRACTOR
Today we’re painting something a little different, we don’t have any people in this one. We’re painting ‘Boat and Tractor’ and this is a challenge to keep the colours vibrant. Try to keep moving with your brush and grabbing colours, don’t get too hung up on following every colour I use, this is about blending colours on the paper to make the desired effect. If you want to take it a little slower you can play the video at half speed if you need.
Read More63. New York Walk
We’re back in New York and this time we’re out for a walk painting “New York Walk”.
This is great for refining details on people. We use the normal six colours to create a soft background with some detail and then focus on our figure. It’s great to hone your detail work on figures themselves. Happy painting.
62. Hot Day for a Hot Rod
Todays tutorial is this fantastic Hot Rod. This is an advanced piece and it’s not for the feint hearted. We are going to use softening to create the shining chrome effect and I’ve changed the background to something that’s a little nicer on the eye. Feel free to change it to your own, maybe the desert or perhaps someone will put it on the famous route 66?
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