How to paint a winter tree

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Here we have a winter tree painted in water colour. If you have any questions please dont hesitate to contact me. All my work can be viewed and purchased at my website www.philsart.co.uk.
My French Easel plans are free to download from my site (see my other videos for more details)

I am happy to create other painting videos so if you have any suggestions you can email me at info@philsart.co.uk.
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Free Plans on how to make your own French Easel

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Here we have the plans for making your own French Easel.

The Video is a simple introduction to the French Easel and what the final product would look like once completed. Continue reading “Free Plans on how to make your own French Easel” →

How to make your own greeting cards

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Here we have a very simple video of how I make my own greeting cards for any occasion using images from my original are work from my website.

The kit and equipment list can be viewed here.

Don’t forget my greeting cards are available to purchase from my website.

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How to draw in Pastel using the best pastel pencils.

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How to draw in Pastel using the best pastel pencils. For this drawing pencils project I used Stabilo Carbothello pastel pencils. The first one was Caput Mortuum red pastel pencil and for the highlights I used Titanium White pastel pencil.The paper was Fabriano ingres pastel paper colour Grey.

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Pirates of the Caribbean

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As a artist who enjoys movies and is looking forward to the new “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie “On Stranger Tides” I thought I would upload a slideshow video of a recent painting I undertook of “Captain Jack Sparrow” played by Johnny Depp.

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Painting Guide to Last of the Mohicans

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Here is a recent video uploaded to YouTube of some work from Phil of “Magua” played by Wes Studi from “Last of the Mohicans” (1992) motion picture. hope you like it.

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Godrevy lighthouse near Gwithian Cornwall

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Here is a recent video uploaded to YouTube of some work from Phil of “Godrevy lighthouse near Gwithian”. hope you like it.

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Take That Watercolour painting in stages

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The video channels is some of Phil Willetts artwork. All online video channels are available on Phil’s youtube video channel.  They range from sample art works to how to paint in different mediums including his tips and techniques .

Here is a recent video uploaded to YouTube of some work from Phil of ” The Band Take That. This video is a watercolour in stages”. hope you like it.

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Painting Justin Bieber in acrylic in stages

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The video channels is some of Phil Willetts artwork. All online video channels are available on Phil’s youtube video channel.  They range from sample art works to how to paint in different mediums including his tips and techniques .

Here is a recent video uploaded to YouTube of some work from Phil of ” Justin Bieber. This video is an Acrylic in stages”. hope you like it.

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Click here to see some commission work from Phil.

Traditional Dress

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Yoko Traditional Dress

I have just finished two portraits of the same person which is a very unusual commission. The commission came from a member of the person’s family, they wanted one for themselves and the other was a Christmas present for the young lady I had painted.
Painting two portraits of the same person can be challenging as very often one painting can be better than the other but this time I was very pleased with both paintings.
The portrait was of a Japanese girl dressed in her traditional costume which made a very striking portrait. I painted the portrait from some photos but I also met the young lady which is very helpful to get a likeness of the person that is being painted.


The portrait that the family wanted me to paint was of Yoco in here traditional dress this was taken during her coming of age. For those who do not know what coming of age in Japan is all about, when a person reaches 20 years old they dress up in their traditional attire and attend a ceremony receiving gifts and have a party with family and friends.
For young women, the festival is an opportunity to dress in the traditional kimono attire and zorisandals. The kimono is full robe worn with the left side overlapping the right and tied together with a sash. Young unmarried women wear a style of kimono, called furisode, which has long length sleeves as is seen in my portrait of Yoko.

Traditional dress in many cultures is usuallygreat to paint as it makes the person look spectacular and can give the painting the wow factor so unlike modern clothing that has very little style and usually very boring

I went to Malta two years ago and noticed in the main room of the hotel a series of painting of Japanese Girls dressed in traditional costume, from then on I thought it would be great to paint a portrait of a Japanese girl dressed in traditional attire, and I was delighted when I was asked to paint this portrait of Yoko.