I recently went hiking at Mount Barney in Queensland and decided to paint one of the beautiful scenes of the mountain range. I will take you through this landscape painting tutorial from selecting the photo all the way through to signing. Read more below: Material List Medium-Sized Filbert Paint Brush Medium-Sized Flat Paint Brush Medium-Sized Round … Read more
One of the best ways to improve your instinctive painting skills is to test yourself with timed painting challenges. This involves setting a challenging but achievable time to complete a painting from start to finish in a single session. I generally like to complete a few 20-minute paintings during the month. These will not be … Read more
Many beginner painters start out just trying to paint those bright, sunny days. But it is the days when the weather is miserable which can make for fantastic painting inspiration. You get a completely different spectrum of colors and emotions with bad weather. The grays come out in full force, with touches of bright reds, … Read more
The best artists are often the best thieves! Not the bad kind. Just in the sense they are able to observe and mimic the techniques of other artists. There is nothing wrong with this. It is just part of the learning process. You find people who are better than you and you try to learn … Read more
A common issue when you start painting is simply not using enough paint. You place small dabs of paint on your palette and timidly dance around the canvas, but you never really commit to the painting this way. I was the same when I started. You can almost feel my lack of confidence in some of … Read more
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Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) is one of my all-time favorite artists. He was a figurehead of the impressionist movement who used vibrant colors and bold strokes. In fact, the term impressionism in the painting world was derived from one of Claude Monet’s paintings named Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise). This painting was … Read more
John Singer Sargent (1856 – 1925) was an American artist known as one of the leading portrait artists of his time. His portraits are grand and express remarkable realism. He also painted many landscapes using oils and watercolors which arguably venture into impressionism, painted with a very loose style. He painted directly what he saw … Read more
One of the first questions you are faced with when you start painting is what medium you should focus on. The three main choices are acrylics, oils and watercolors. For the purpose of this article, I will be discussing the differences between oils and acrylic. Watercolors are arguably more difficult to pick up due to … Read more
If you are interested in learning how to paint, it is essential that you have at least a solid knowledge of the painting supplies available to you and how to use them. To assist you, I have prepared this guide to painting supplies which is set out as follows: 1. The Basic Supplies Are All … Read more
Camille Pissarro (10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist & Neo-Impressionist painter. Pissarro’s work has been described by art historian Diane Kelder as expressing “the same quiet dignity, sincerity, and durability that distinguished his person.” Here is an insight into Pissarro’s mind with some of his famous quotes: “I sometimes have … Read more
Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French-born artist known for his vibrant and bold works. He practiced numerous mediums, including sculpture, printmaking and drawing, however, he is most famous for his painting. Matisse had an interesting perspective on life and left with us some great artistic quotes: “Impressionism is the … Read more