In October 2011 I accompanied other artists and students on a trip to Venice in order to paint Venice in pastels. We stayed on Murano and travelled to Venice, Burano and Torcello during our four night stay. This is my account of the trip … Arriving in Murano We arrived in Venice Marco Polo …
In my explorations using acrylics and working with pastels on hardboard I have experimented with using acrylic textures pastes and a variety of pastel grounds that are now available from art suppliers. These include Golden paper, sand and course pumice pastes, Golden pastel ground and absorbent ground, and Art Spectrum Colourfix™ Primer. Golden pastes are …
Art suppliers provide artists with a vast array of texture gels and pastes today so much so it is possible to achieve some fascinating texture results. In this post I look at some of the textures and effects I have created using a selection of acrylic mediums from Golden and Galleria. Acrylic mediums come …
From Sketch to Painting shows how starting from a pencil sketch of something found in nature can turn into a nice pen and wash.