Drawing Towards Portraits In Charcoal
Using charcoal to gradually sculpt a realistic portrait.
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ptgart
- Jan 13
- 6 min
Three Top Tips To Beat Painters Block
In this short blog I aim to share the highs and lows of painter’s block and highlight some ways of shaking off the #blues and getting back t
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ptgart
- Dec 8, 2023
- 3 min
Morning Sun Across The Valley
This is a typical example of how I achieve my compositions. The radar is always switched on for combinations of design elements, such as ...
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ptgart
- Jul 18, 2023
- 8 min
Creativity And The Tired Brain
Welcome to the world of painting fatigue - a blog acknowledging tiredness through creativity.
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ptgart
- May 14, 2023
- 8 min
Do You Paint From Photos? Then You'll Love These Top Tips.
Seven great tips for painting from photographs.
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ptgart
- Apr 28, 2023
- 9 min
Seven Tips To Improve Your Composition
Seven useful tips for developing your own compositions.
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ptgart
- Apr 23, 2023
- 2 min
Weather Coming In
An overview and description of my mountain painting, Weather Coming In
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ptgart
- Apr 13, 2023
- 9 min
How to form a painting style, so you can stand out from the crowd
In this blog post I share tips, encouragement and personal experience for navigating your way towards forming your own painting style.
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ptgart
- Mar 26, 2023
- 5 min
Do This One Thing To Improve Your Values.
Do one thing to improve your values in your paintings
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ptgart
- Mar 18, 2023
- 6 min
Three Things You Can Do Now To Improve Your Watercolour Painting
Three important considerations for pushing your watercolours to another level.
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ptgart
- Mar 4, 2023
- 5 min
How To Make Better Paintings With Tones.
A blog post about using and mixing tone in the context of a painting.
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ptgart
- Feb 26, 2023
- 1 min
Orange, Pisa
Orange, Pisa. Acrylic on paper 19 x 28cm approx In this #painting I wanted to pull the #design together through the use of strong...
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ptgart
- Feb 5, 2023
- 6 min
What Makes A Painting?
If you’re new to painting or maybe you don’t paint at all but love #art, you might be intrigued to know how artists create their work. If...
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ptgart
- Jan 22, 2023
- 4 min
Edges In Painting
Consider your use of edges whenever you start to paint.
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ptgart
- Jan 9, 2023
- 4 min
How to Begin Painting
How to begin painting, what medium to choose and what is involved.
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