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You’ve created your best painting yet, and now it is time to present it to the world. Whether you want to share your achievements with family and friends, send an image to a gallery, make a social media post, or create a fine art print, read on to discover ways of creating the perfect image of your artwork. The first consideration for photographing a piece of art is lighting. I’m not a technical photographer, so I can’t advise about F-stops and apertures, but I’ve learned eno

Using charcoal to gradually sculpt a realistic portrait.

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

This is a typical example of how I achieve my compositions. The radar is always switched on for combinations of design elements, such as ...

Welcome to the world of painting fatigue - a blog acknowledging tiredness through creativity.

Seven great tips for painting from photographs.

Seven useful tips for developing your own compositions.

In this blog post I share tips, encouragement and personal experience for navigating your way towards forming your own painting style.

Do one thing to improve your values in your paintings

Three important considerations for pushing your watercolours to another level.

A blog post about using and mixing tone in the context of 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 you already paint you will no doubt be eager to read on and maybe pick up a few tips. "Often my subjects are captured from places and angles that you wouldn’t be able to erect an easel". What Makes A Painting? Composition is the arrangement of shapes and elements that form a harmonious assembly. It begins with shapes but there is far mor

Consider your use of edges whenever you start to paint.

How to begin painting, what medium to choose and what is involved.