Art History
Fauvism: Colour Chosen for Feeling
How the Fauves let colour leave local truth, and how to borrow that freedom without losing the picture.
Tag
painting
13 posts tagged "painting".
Art History
Egg Tempera: Yolk, Thin Layers, a Firm Panel
How egg tempera binds pigment with yolk, why it suits thin layered strokes, and what oil painting later made easier.
Materials and Tools
A Small Starter Kit You Will Actually Use
A modest starter kit for painting and drawing, built from a few tools you will use rather than a crowded box.
Materials and Tools
Table, Box or Floor: Easels for a Small Room
How to choose a table, box or floor easel when the room is small, and when a flat board is enough.
Materials and Tools
Artist Tape: Crisp Edges without Torn Paper
How to use low-tack artist tape for clean edges, and how to remove it without lifting the paper surface.
Sketchbook Habits
Copying a Master without Losing Your Own Eye
How to copy a painting as a way of studying decisions, and how to keep that copy from becoming a substitute for looking.
Sketchbook Habits
A Colour-Note Sketchbook for Outdoor Light
How to keep a small outdoor sketchbook of colour notes, so changing light is recorded before a finished picture.
Colour Theory
A Checklist for Judging a Colour Study
A short checklist for looking at a colour study honestly, from value and temperature to the mixes you cannot explain.
Colour Theory
Shadow Colour: Studio Temperature Mistakes
Common shadow-colour habits that flatten a picture, and a calmer way to judge temperature, value and bounce light.
Colour Theory
A Three-Colour Palette You Can Finish
How to choose three parent colours, mix a full small picture from them, and resist the tube that would break the set.
Painting Techniques
Overblending: How Paint Loses Its Freshness
Why endless blending turns a lively passage dull, and how to leave edges that still describe the form.
Painting Techniques
Slowing Acrylics That Dry Before You Are Ready
Practical ways to keep acrylic paint open a little longer, from palette setup to working in shorter passes.