Google Earth and Resin!
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- February 19, 2017
- Inspiration Ideas, Textured Paintings, resin, texture
So I wasn’t sure if I had posted about making paintings based on Google Earth images before but I don’t think I have so I will do so here! Anyway, I had the idea a few years ago when I was in Spain and I was looking for somewhere to visit by using Google Earth …
Read MoreWhat Makes a Good Painting?
This is more of a rhetorical question or a throwing about of ideas with anyone else welcome to pitch in, but I find sometimes writing about things brings out more ideas myself in what I can do in future. So, what makes a good painting? I have been thinking about this after I got an …
Read MoreUsing Masking Tape for Textured Patterns
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- August 11, 2016
- Applying Texture, Painting Texture, Video, how to
Masking tape is a really useful tool in painting I find, whether you just create patterns and paint over it, mask off edges of the painting to frame it or maybe use texture. In the past I have created a few paintings that have had a specific part of the painting that has raised texture …
Read More10 Things You Can Add to Texture
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- June 23, 2016
- Painting, Painting Texture, Textured Paintings
This month I have had my studio open as part of the local open studios event and during that time I have been doing some demonstrations on some textured canvases. As part of these demonstrations I have been including some additional elements to the texture to demonstrate different techniques. So as well as just using texture …
Read MoreWhen is a Painting Finished?
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- May 4, 2016
- Blog, Painting, abstract art, texture
I have been thinking about this post for a while but I have been asking myself the question – when is a painting finished? – for quite a while! It first started when I began to paint semi-professionally in about 2004 when a friend of mine asked if I would like a professional artist friend …
Read MoreForum Section Added
I’ve had a far greater response to the site than I expected and there had been quite a large number of comments, particularly on the ‘make your own texture’ page. This made me think that people had a lot of questions but not only that, there are also artists adding really useful comments about how …
Read MoreGold and Silver Powder for Art
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- January 3, 2016
- Buying Painting Supplies, Mixed Media, art, gold powder
So having had a few enquiries about my gold and silver powder that I use in my textured paintings (and in fact in my fluid abstract paintings), I’ve done a bit more investigating as to where you can get hold of something at least similar to what I have. I got my gold, silver and …
Read MoreCertificates of Authenticity
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- September 3, 2015
- Useful Info, certificate of authenticity, painting
I thought I would post on something that I have been doing for quite a few years now and that I think adds a bit of validity to selling paintings. I had seen certificates of authenticity done by professional artists as a matter of course and thought that it would be a good idea to start …
Read MoreTextured Abstract Painting
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- August 5, 2015
- Acrylic Painting, Painting Texture, Textured Paintings
OK so I was looking for a picture of a certain painting today and I came across another photograph of an old painting I did a couple of years ago that was one of my favourites, so I thought I would share it (especially after the last post was about one that I wasn’t really …
Read MorePaint Pouring – An Experiment
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- August 2, 2015
- Acrylic Painting, Video, paint pouring
Firstly a disclaimer – there is no texture involved in this post! So I have seen a few videos of paint pouring and the kind of effects that you can get with pouring acrylic paint onto a surface and letting it do it’s thing. I have previously created and sold quite a large number of …
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