Painting over acrylic painting

Learn what the different colour schemes are and how to use them in your paintings to create wonderfully harmonious and striking effects.

Learn how to tone a canvas to prepare it for painting. Discover what the benefits of this technique are and how to apply it.

The golden ratio in art is a composition principle that has been used by artists and architects for centuries. It is a natural ratio that is pleasing to look at.

When you start painting you will make all kinds of mistakes. That is just part of the journey. Making mistakes is not an issue in painting, provided you are able to identify the mistakes and learn from them. The problem when you are a beginner is that you will not be able to see most ... Read more

In this post, you will learn how to paint leaves. Many painters seem to get caught up in all the intricate details when painting leaves. Learn more here.

Have you ever been in the middle of a painting and thought to yourself, "this is really ugly"? You are at the ugly stage of a painting.

Your painting may not be as fresh as it could be.

The longer a viewer is drawn to look at your painting, the more eye movement in art you can create, the more interesting that painting is to them. Know how to create eye movement in art!

‘Fat over lean’ is one of the first rules you will encounter when you learn how to oil paint. Learn what it is, why it's important and how to use it. #oilpainting #oilpaintingtechniques #oilpainter #artist #learnoilpainting #oilpaintingbeginners

Now that I’m full time at this and painting a lot more, I have more opportunity to try things out and develop my painting process as I go. I’m going to try to post a bit more here about how my process is changing currently, and how I put my paintings together, since it might give you some ideas f