Posts Tagged ‘Teaser’
34. SONNY MACK – PREVIEW
We’re in Memphis. Beale Street, the world famous home of Jazz and we’re painting Sonny Mac mid performance. This painting only uses three colours to create lovely darks and a shallow depth of field for our background. Then we split the painting of Sonny himself up into nice easy sections before coming in with the final detail at the end. This is a really challenging tutorial but the result is an incredible painting you’ll be really proud of.
Read More33. BACK WITH NOTHING – PREVIEW
We’re on holiday in Tenerife watching the boats go by, but this group of fisherman have come back with nothing so that’s exactly what were calling this one, “back with nothing”. This painting uses lots of the tip of our large brush as well as some fun background washes that bring really vibrant movement to the foreground. Plus we have a nice out of focus feel to the sea behind the boat. The hero of the piece is the two fisherman dragging back their empty net. Enjoy.
Read More32. GOODBYE SUMMER – PREVIEW
This week we’re in South Carolina and painting a fantastic photo by Lorri Wilson. It’s a great look at using wet into wet technique for creating interesting backgrounds and has some finer detail in the figure and items she’s carrying, It’s going to be a fantastic one to paint and perfect for those long Autumn nights. Enjoy.
Read More31. THE DOG WALKER – PREVIEW
This weeks tutorial is a lovely image of a woman walking her two dogs on a sandy beach. Its’s a great tutorial for beginners as it uses simple lines and shapes to create the effect of the sea and horizon. There is a lot of wet into wet and using the brush lightly to create the wash over the sky and water. We can get stuck in and really enjoy this one !
Read More30. BUSKERS IN THE SUN – PREVIEW
This tutorial is a lovely image of two musicians in a market square somewhere in sunny Spain. In the painting there is lots of wet into wet, lots of dry brush technique and also the importance of leaving the white of the paper for the highlights. It’s all about brush control, water control and lots of colour. Plenty to get stuck into!
Read More29. JON JASO HOME RUN – PREVIEW
This tutorial is painted from a photograph I took during a visit to the US last year and my first baseball game at the Busch Stadium in St. Louis. It was the St. Louis Cardinals vs the Pittsburgh Pirates. We capture the moment John Jaso hits a home run – full of action and movement and a great subject to paint.
Read More28. SMOKY JAZZ – PREVIEW
This is a totally different subject for me, it’s a night scene in a dimly lit, smoky jazz club, with some great atmosphere. We tackle this one with my usual triad of three colours, and as always the drawing is supplied for you so we can get painting straight away. You’re going to need a lot of paint for this one so let’s get painting!
Read More27. BUCKET AND SPADE – PREVIEW
This tutorial is a lovely image of two kids playing with a bucket and spade on the beach. A great painting for those of you who like to paint people but don’t enjoy painting faces as there is very little detail. This is a tutorial we can all have a go at with confidence.
Read More26. BOY SPINNING TYRE – PREVIEW
Hi all, this short painting uses a slightly different technique; working wet onto dry for the first wash, and then working wet onto wet in some of the shadow areas. It is a lovely little painting to do and I hope you are going to enjoy painting along with me.
Read More25. SINGLE ROWER – PREVIEW
This tutorial is a lovely image of a rower on the River Thames. Some great early morning light creates some fantastic reflections on the water surface. This is a relatively simple painting but the reflections and capturing movement create some interesting challenges.
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