Demonstrations – Tips – Recommendations
Fantastic Eraser for watercolour, pastels, alcohol inks, etc. The Perfection Eraser Pencil by Faber-Castell is an eraser core in a wood-cased pencil barrel. The great thing about it is that it can be sharpened with a normal sharpener. You then have an eraser that comes to a fine point. Their #7057 is double-ended – the…
Only 25 paintings to go! View Leslie Saeta’s challenge here. So that you are not inundated with emails from me I will now post only when I have 3 or 4 paintings done. Each original painting is for sale at $35 Canadian with a flat shipping fee of $6 in North America and $12 International….
I have some catching up to do… View Leslie Saeta’s challenge here. I’ll be posting two paintings a day for the next week or so. Here are the first two.
Yikes! What have I done? Leslie Saeta has issued a “30 Paintings in 30 Days” challenge and I’ve decided to take her up on it, that’s what! And I am a couple of days behind because I just found out about the challenge. But hey – not a problem – I’ll just have to paint…
Although I find it difficult to find art supplies that do not include some animal or animal by-product I strive to use those that are produced without any animal suffering. Thankfully there are many brands of synthetic brushes on the market. A future post will look at paints and substrates. My Favourite Brushes Michael Wilcox…
Over the years since I’ve been painting I have come across some excellent artists. They are not just talented in the rendering of their art but they have a gift of imparting their knowledge to others, either through the written word, i.e., their books, websites and blogs, or visually through their DVDs, workshops and online…
Welcome to my blog! I started painting when my first child was just a baby. I shan’t tell you how many years ago that was! Then life’s responsibilities took over and my oil paints dried up and my brushes went brittle. I had painted a seascape which hung over our fireplace for a few years,…