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Final Stages of a Figurative Painting – Painting the Figure – Part 4
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Painting the Halftones – Painting the Figure – Part 2
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Painting the Figure – Part 1
Painting the Figure – Part 1 This is actually part of my Siren Series which I am breaking…
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Being Authentic as an Artist (and Not Stressing About Selling) The problem of selling art Making art is difficult.…
The Siren Paintings
The Siren Paintings “You will come to the Sirens first of all; they bewitch any mortal who approaches…
Dealing with Criticism as an Artist and Staying Humble coz Nobody Likes a Conceited Douchebag
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Why Does Art Exist?
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What’s the Point of Art?
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The Thoughtful Man
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Final Stages of a Figure Painting with Oils
Final Stages of a Figure Painting with Oils Usually when I’m working on a figure painting, I write…
Glazing Skin Tones in Oil Painting
Glazing Skin Tones in Oil Painting Following the classical Flemish method of oil painting, I have thus…
Painting the Flesh Tone
Painting the Flesh Tone After painting the Verdaccio and going over the figure with Terre Verte, it’s time to…
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Painting the Figure with Terre Verte Terre Verte, or ‘Green Earth’, was commonly used from Medieval Times…
Painting the Verdaccio
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Painting the Imprimatura
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Charcoal Underdrawing for an Oil Painting
Charcoal Underdrawing for an Oil Painting A charcoal underdrawing is the first stage in my portrait/figure oil painting. In…
Starting a Painting – My 5 rules
Starting a Painting – My 5 rules Before even starting a painting, I have 5 rules as an artist…
Painting a Still Life of Apples
Painting a Still Life of Apples I had a commission to paint a still life of apples for a…
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 5 – Final Glazing
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Painting the Traditional Way – Part 4 – The Background
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Painting the Traditional Way – Part 3 – The Dead Layer
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Painting the Traditional Way – Part 2 – The Underdrawing
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 2 – The Underdrawing I was commissioned to create an oil painting of…
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 1
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 1 When painting the traditional way, the most important thing to consider is that…
Live Portrait Demonstration with the Zorn Colour Palette
Live Portrait Demonstration with the Zorn Colour Palette On the 6th of March 2018, I gave my first portrait demonstration…
Searching for Meaning: Where Does Art Come From?
Searching for Meaning: Where Does Art Come From? We’re all searching for meaning. And artists, at their core, are visual…
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Why I Decided to Give Inktober a Go
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