by admin | Mar 26, 2015 | Newsletters
Q. What proportion of Meglip should I mix in with oil paints? I have read that 50/50 is about right but I am not sure. A. It depends on how severely you want to ruin your work as it is a disastrous substance. The manufacturers...
by admin | Mar 26, 2015 | Glazing Book Newsletter, Newsletters
Glazing – With an emphasis on the craft of painting. It’s finally on the way. When I started to write this book I thought that it would take about a year, that was nearly ten years ago. It is now, at last, with the printers. This newsletter will...
by admin | Mar 26, 2015 | Newsletters
Over the past series we have looked at some of the basics of color harmony and contrast. In this next series I want to answer some of the concerns that you have put to me about color use and technique. Click here to read the full newsletter. (UK/European version)...
by admin | Mar 26, 2015 | Newsletters
During art lessons we are often taught the importance of drawing, of perspective, composition, and subject matter. But seldom the importance of color. Many people stand before this painting for a very long time. Yet it has to be said that there is little evidence of...
by admin | Mar 26, 2015 | Newsletters
Continuing our examination of the various contrasts which are available to the artist. Of direct interest to the painter is the fact that a colour can appear brighter or be changed in some other way by a neighbouring colour or group of colours. Click here to...
by admin | Mar 26, 2015 | Newsletters
Continuing our examination of the various contrasts which are available to the artist. Colours are frequently described as being of a certain temperature, whether hot, warm, cool or cold. Hues associated with fire and heat; reds,oranges and yellows, are often...
