Ever come across a painting tutorial and been stumped by new terms and phrases?
What is an Interference colour? Or a Tar Gel?
Inspired by one of the art school’s readers (cheers Carl!) I’ve compiled a guide to the most commonly used terms in acrylic painting.
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Lets get going!..
Imagine the scene.
You’re halfway through your painting, it’s going really well.
This could be your breakthrough piece, a personal Mona Lisa.
A quick look on your palette and you spot the perfect mix to finish the piece, you dip the brush in with vigour, and guess what?
Its dried on the palette.
You then try to mix more of that exact colour,
2 minutes goes by, then 5 minutes, when we hit 10 minutes and review our mixes, the initial colour has become a distant memory.
Emergency tea break with chocolate is needed.
So what’s a painter to do?..
Ever looked at your drawing composition and something feels wrong?
You just can’t put your finger on it, 90% of the piece looks great but somethings not quite right.
You could have fallen prey to an easy slip up, you might have drawn a ‘tangent’ by mistake.
A few simple changes can transform your drawings for the better…
In this Impressionistic landscape series, I am posting a weekly video on my YouTube channel that you can follow along at home.
It’s free to subscribe to the blog to receive updates so you can keep up with the acrylic painting progress…
In this Impressionistic landscape series, I am posting a weekly video on my YouTube channel that you can follow along at home.
It’s free to subscribe to the blog to receive updates so you can keep up with the acrylic painting progress…
In this painterly, impressionistic landscape series, I am posting a weekly video on my YouTube channel so that you can follow along at home.
It’s free to subscribe to the blog to receive updates so you can keep up with the painting progress…