Category: Art: Hints and Tips

In this category you’ll find lots of tips about art and painting and drawing techniques and skills. If you are learning to draw this is the place to be. Learn to use outlines and edges and how to apply tone, shading and texture.

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Understanding colour mixing for artists

Using Colour

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Art: Hints and Tips, Using Colour
Understanding Colour It is essential you understand how to use colour, whether you are using watercolour, acrylic, or oil paints. Understanding colour requires you to know what happens when you mix colours together, you’re never going to produce a really successful painting. Colour Basics First off get hold of a ... Read More
6, June 2013Paul Priestley
Learning to paint with acrylic paints

Acrylic Painting Tips

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Acrylic Painting, Art: Hints and Tips
Improve your Acrylic Painting If you have any great acrylic painting tips you’d like to share, please let me know and I’ll publish them here A great acrylic painting tip for Keeping Acrylic Paints Workable: Because acrylics dry so fast, squeeze only a little paint out of a tube. ... Read More
28, April 2013Paul Priestley
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Using Gesso for Watercolour

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Art: Hints and Tips, Watercolour Painting
Using gesso with watercolour I came across an article that described the use of a gesso ground for use with watercolour. A gesso ground causes a few problems, but it also creates a number of opportunities, not found when working on more traditional surfaces. Gesso is an acrylic based ... Read More
2, March 2013Paul Priestley
Create a unique palette of colours for painting

Create a Unique Palette

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Art: Hints and Tips, Using Colour
One thing that distinguishes one artist from another is their palette – the colours they use to create their paintings. It is often a good idea to limit your palette to just a few colours, I would suggest five. The reason is twofold, one, you really have ... Read More
30, December 2012Paul Priestley