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172. HEADING TO THE 19TH
This week is a great piece for all abilities. We’re “Heading to the 19th” everyone’s favourite golf hole. This can be split u really easily and taken figure by figure and then adding our background and foreground, as always light is incredibly important so preserve those highlights well. Happy painting
Read More171. COLOURFUL SHOPPERS – PREVIEW
This week we’re in for a long one. This is an advanced piece but anyone can take their time here and achieve a great result. This is from Mexico City and is a scene of the shoppers going about the hustle and bustle of town life. A great piece that is over two and half hours long so get a comfy chair or break it into easy segments just like I do here. Enjoy…
Read More170. MAN ON BENCH
This week we’re back painting one of our favourite subjects, a man just going about his everyday life. This time he’s sat in a lovely relaxing pose and has the sunlight glistening over him to create some colourful shadows on our textured paving. This is great practice for keeping things bright and airy, Plus we’ve included a lovely tutorial at the beginning for those that wanted a recap on drawing transfers. Enjoy…
Read More169. ST ANNES SEAFRONT – PREVIEW
This week we are going local, to me at least. We are painting this great image of “St Annes seafront”. This is a great way to see a photo from everyday life turned into a beautiful painting in under an hour, a great loose feel keeps this great for beginners and can be tried several times to see how each one improves if you are wanting more of a challenge. Enjoy…
Read More168. HOLD ONTO YOUR HAT – PREVIEW
This week we are “Holding onto your hat” a beautiful photo by Lori Wilson. This gives us great use of colour to create those light areas of the dress and use darker deeper tones in our background to bring our main subject to the forefront. This is a nice quick painting with great results so try it a few times and see how much each version improves…
Read More167. TWO DOVES – PREVIEW
Something a little different, the week we paint these “Two doves”. This painting relies on crisp detail on the two birds and a warm background showing the heat of the Tenerife sun. Keep you background abstract and your birds with just enough detail and you’ll create something special…
Read More166. GET THE BALL – PREVIEW
This week we’ve got a nice intermediate level tutorial. Lots of water showing reflection and ripples. The important figure has no facial feature to pain so it simplifies things somewhat. With our water we want to ensure we have some nice movement where the dog is paddling in the water, study the reference well and you won’t go wrong here. Enjoy…
Read More165. BLACKPOOL BOY – PREVIEW
This weeks painting is the first that we filmed in 2025 and we thought we’d start simple again, one figure, and a nice, light and sandy beach as the background. This is only 35 minutes and you can redo this one again and again and see each version improve on the last. Enjoy…
Read More164. CLEMATIS ON THE TRELLIS – PREVIEW
This week we take a break from painting people and focus on this beautiful Clematis that grew in our Garden last year . It makes a prefect botanical subject to paint. But we only use 3 colours, just 3 pigments to create this amazing paining that you’ll be so proud to hang in your house. Enjoy…
Read More163. CYCLISTS ON A TOWPATH – PREVIEW
This week we’re painting this lovely image of young cyclists next to the Thames. A great light and dark piece that uses the opposing contrast to really draw your eye to very specific areas. Keep your brush nice and loose here and you’ll come out with some great results. Enjoy
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