Many of us paint portraits from photos. We can’t afford to hire a model, we don’t always have commissions, a model makes us feel awkward, or maybe we just prefer to work from photos. But working from photos has its …
Rublev oils are a unique paint in that they set out to only use historic pigments and provide us with the paints of the old masters. A noble aim perhaps. These paints are professional premium paints and definitely not for …
Here are some tips and tricks for beginning portrait painters to get a likeness in your portrait work. I hope you will find these 6 tips useful. I’ve added some images from the history of art for inspiration. They include …
Ampersand Gessobord is a premium rigid oil painting support. It is a wonderful support that I regularly use. In this article I’d like to describe its qualities and explore its uses. Gessoboard comes in a cradled and uncradled version. The cradled …
So many of us get frustrated while we paint. The painting just doesn’t work, you can’t make it sing, there’s something wrong but you’re not sure what. Sounds familiar? I think we’ve all been there. We plod on and on, …
Should I paint the background first or last? This is a question I hear quite often as an art tutor. It illustrates very well how many beginning portrait and still life painters think about painting. They focus on the subject …
We all make mistakes. Imagine what the world would look like if we didn’t. I often explain my painting method as one big process of fixing mistakes. So, there’s nothing wrong with mistakes. It’s all part of the process of …
There is a very large choice of oil paint out there. And the price range is equally large! A tube of oil paint can be as cheap as a couple of $ but it can go up to over $400 …
In the past few months I have been giving away a painting glossary to my subscribers (or clan members as I’d like to call them) and I thought it would be useful to share it with you as well (my …
Langridge oil paints are not as widely known as Winsor & Newton or Old Holland paints yet they are highly rated by professional artists all over the world. The paints are hand made by David Coles in his factory in …