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61. SIMPLY VENICE
Today we’re in Venice, “The Floating City”. And we’re looking out over the water (so get those blues ready) towards the Il Redentore, one of the iconic buildings of this lovely city. This is a nice beginner/intermediate piece with lots of soft backgrounds and our focus is on what is a regular site, a Gondolieri crossing the water. Enjoy…
Read More60. SWANNING AROUND
Today we’re painting something a little different and fun. My horses (Tutorial #56) were so popular we thought we’d give you another animal to try. This time its called “Swanning around”, a picture of a swan taken in the Lake District (UK) and there’s a reflection to deal with so its definitely an intermediate piece. But don’t be afraid to give it a go! Happy painting …
Read More59. TWO IN A CANOE
Welcome back everyone, I thought that now all the new year festivities are over we’d get back to painting something more down to earth and this one is a nice quick one to get the creative juices flowing and it’s only just over 1 hour. We are painting ‘Two in a Canoe’, a great exercise in reflections in water, keeping the shadow areas light enough, whilst staying clearly shadows and it’s and intermediate painting. It’s a really enjoyable one and you’ll love the finished effect.
Read More58. NEW YORK FOR THE NEW YEAR
HAPPY NEW YEAR !
This weeks tutorial is based on this incredible photo of New York. It’s the Statue of Liberty with a beautiful boat in the foreground. I love the water in this and we use a new technique with our ruler to create a detailed rigging effect on our boat to draw the eye.
I know you’ll all love this one !
Read More57. IT’S SNOW FUN
Merry Christmas everyone ! This week we’re painting ‘It’s Snow Fun’ a fantastic winter image.
I’ve turned to the dark side and used some masking fluid (I know, I know) but its really the best way to create that fluffy snow texture as it gets thrown into the air. We then soften things down a little with a damp brush to create those lost edges. Enjoy this during some downtime over Christmas.
Read More56. TWO HORSES GRAZING
I don’t normally do a lot of animals but I took this photo nearby and I loved the fact you could switch in your own background. There’s a nice wet into wet wash with our three colours to start and we move onto some fantastic details and bright tones in the horses themselves whilst preserving the all important whites of the paper. I can’t wait to see what backgrounds you all use. Happy painting.
Read More55. BLACKPOOL TRAM – PREVIEW
I’m home ! We’re back in Blackpool, Britains most famous seaside town and we are painting this stunning tram scene which is a daily sight here. The iconic Blackpool tower fills the skyline behind and we will use lots of wet into wet adding some lovely detail in our tram lines. We will have lots of fun with this one.
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Read More54. THE STREET BUSKER – PREVIEW
This week we’re painting this fantastic ‘street busker’. It’s a great painting to understand shadows, the hat he’s wearing creates a great shadow straight across the face and allows us to show the features of his face in both light and shadow using warm and cool shades to bring forward the subject matter where needed. You’ll love this one.
Read More53. HER FIRST BIKE – PREVIEW
This fantastic picture of a girl riding a bike is todays tutorial. It has a great shadow cast onto the pavement where we will use some lovely darks to create a deep yet colourful shadow. There’s some lovely fine detail to do on the bike and we have to keep some areas sharp using our dry brush techniques and some softer using wet into wet. This is a gorgeous painting to hang on any wall, I know you’ll love doing this one.
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