Perspective is a word that gives some artists panic attacks. It can be daunting but there is a way to try and make it a little easier. As a general rule of thumb you can try and think that everything that is above your eye level will come down and everything below your eye level [...]
Browsing Posts published on May 17, 2011
Tonal value A lot of people do not realise that tone is more important than colour; it is tone and contrast that sets the painting. I always say that colour is the pretty part. The best way I think to do this is for me to set an example. Using just one colour Payne’s gray, [...]
Starting to paint. Before we start to paint we need to work out what we will be doing, what subject and why. There are a few golden rules, as I like to call them. I shall make a list of what I consider to be quite important things to be thinking of when you are [...]
