Here I show you how to seal your acrylic artwork with a varnish seal. This is an essential part of any artwork. If not done correctly your artwork might start to lift from the paining and all that time and effort may be lost. The secret is let it dry between each stage.
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Here we have a quick video showing you how to draw a line around a picture mount to enhance the artwork. The pencil I used was a brown Staedtler triplus fineliner. I hope you like the the video.
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How to paint using a simple Pen and Ink Water Colour Technique
Here we have a simple technique you can use to create a great painting using Water colour and pen and ink highlights to enhance the painting. Hope you like it.
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Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year Wild Card.
I decided to apply to take part in the TV Sky artist of the year way back in February the 27th and sent off thee paintings and a photo of myself (Passport as requested by them)
Originally I applied for the Portrait competition as I like drawing and painting portraits and the comments have always been good by artists that have seen my work and by the people that I have painted by way of commotions.
I also decided to apply for the Landscape competition and sent of the relevant paintings that they asked for.
Part 2 of the video where we have some video tips on pencil drawing and shading techniques. The video will look at the different pencils, techniques in how to sharpen our pencils and the shading guide we can use to help gauge the different tones pencils give out.
Here we have some video tips on pencil drawing and shading techniques. The video will look at the different pencils, techniques in how to sharpen our pencils and the shading guide we can use to help gauge the different tones pencils give out.
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Here we have some palette knife techniques you can use to help you in your painting and drawing hobby. Dealing with a palette knife you can create yourself great looking seascape using this technique.
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Palette knife
The last two paintings I did was a combination of brush and palette knife, I find using the knife helps to create movement and a 3D effect particularly for sea and mountain scenes, this is achieved by adding dabs of paint on its side and maneuvering your hand and arm in the direction of the waves or mountains being painted. Under painting isn’t necessary with this technique. Try scraping out an area of wet paint you don’t like, which has the added benefit of creating interesting texture. For the most part I add more paint on top and enjoy how it interacts with the paint below, this also depends on how much pressure you put on the knife and following the direction of the waves when painting a seascape. Continue reading “Using Palette Knife”