What Does AI Think About Texture in Paintings?!
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- July 10, 2023
- Painting Texture
I haven’t written on here for a while as I haven’t really used a lot of texture in my paintings in the last few years. Who knows, I might go back to it, but at the moment I am using layers of paint to create my abstract expressionist artworks. So I thought in light of …
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100+ Titles For Abstract Paintings
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- October 28, 2022
- Inspiration Ideas, Useful Info
I have been working on some new paintings which are all abstract and in the past I have found that it can be tricky to come up with titles for abstract paintings. However, in this case I feel like there is a lot of emotion and mental involvement in the creation of these paintings which …
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Just another update on things. I thought I had updated not so long ago but it seems like it was last August! I have still been working on the fluid acrylic paintings with resin. I have been doing a series of waves which I enjoy and which have actually been selling quite well so once …
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Paint it Yourself – Red Abstract
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- May 3, 2019
- Acrylic Painting, Step by Step, Textured Paintings
I thought I would share some step by step instructions on one of my much older paintings that uses a different type of texture. It is quite a basic one and you have my permission to copy it if you want to! This is a relatively easy abstract to do and you can choose whichever …
Read MoreJust a Post About Stuff :-)
I haven’t posted on here for a while so I thought I would just do a bit of a blog post about why not and to confirm I haven’t completely forgotten and neglected this site! I feel like I haven’t had so much time to do my art recently. I have 2 1/2 days when …
Read MoreWarm and Cool Blues – Which are Which?
Recently I was tasked with a commission to do for a large room that was north facing and had a bit of a dark feel to it. I wanted to use blues colours in the painting, and to add some warmth, I wanted to use warm blues. Little did I know the conflict I would …
Read MoreYour Art in Our Book! Scam or Not?
I continually get emails from people or companies who profess to publish a book to showcase up and coming artists worldwide. I have to say I generally archive them immediately either with or without even reading them and I wondered if I was the only one to do this or if I am missing out …
Read MoreEvery Painting is an Experiment
Just a quick post here as I have 5 minutes to spare after being at a talk by renowned UK artist Maggi Hambling this afternoon. I wasn’t really sure what to expect from the talk as it was really about her latest book but it was a very entertaining talk and I did buy one …
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Finding Inspiration for Abstract Art
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- May 16, 2017
- Inspiration Ideas, abstract, art, inspiration
Sometimes it is difficult to find inspiration for abstract paintings, but there are techniques that you can use to give you some ideas of what to paint and this is what I will explore in this article. How Do You Get Inspiration? Sometimes (in fact quite often) people ask me how I get inspiration for …
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Step by Step Textured Painting
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- April 23, 2017
- Acrylic Painting, Mixed Media, Painting, Step by Step, Textured Paintings, Video
So following on from my last post about using resin in my paintings I realised that I had actually meant to document the process of creating the painting shown in that article. So I put together all of the images I took during the creation process and have made them into a step by step …
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