I wanted to share my painting process for my recent self-portrait in which I am training my perception, skills and understanding while trying to preserve the life and freshness of the image.These photographs reveal the development process of my self-portrait study using oil on canvas. I studied from real life (the mirror) to learn about light,ContinueContinue reading “Art advice: Painting a self-portrait”
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Art competitions: Created a painting in a day with Pintar Rapido!
Had a challenging yet rewarding day painting in one day on the streets of London. After wondering for about 10 minutes from Chelsea Old Town Hall (not prepared to take a wet painting back on the tube…read on discover a very good reason for this!) I decided to paint Fulham Road as I discovered some beautifully pastelContinueContinue reading “Art competitions: Created a painting in a day with Pintar Rapido!”
Art advice: How to make a homemade cold wax medium by artist LOUISA CORR
ABSTRACT PAINTINGS I created a strong and intense abstract landscape painting ‘Land of the mind’ on my first attempt mixing my own cold wax medium with oil paint. If you have been wanting a way to heighten your colours in your oil paintings to create even stronger paintings and interesting layers, then you will want to experiment like IContinueContinue reading “Art advice: How to make a homemade cold wax medium by artist LOUISA CORR”