I often hear, “How can I make my work more colourful?” One way is to create a colourful underpainting. I recently did a demo/class about this very topic. I have a couple of the demos to share with you and also added another to help get the point across. I think you can always start with
So much for getting this post out by the end of August! What can I say – the summertime craziness has discombobulated me. The Alaska cruise with my family was lovely (bar getting bitten by some insect which blew up my foot into an ugly puff ball). It was so wonderful to get together
I’m pretty pumped! I just uploaded a video to YouTube about how I tone Wallis sanded pastel paper with watercolour. I’d love to know what you think of it so please leave a comment. Was it helpful? What other tips can I help you with? Look forward to hearing from you! ~ Gail
I recently uploaded another pastel painting video to YouTube. In it, I used a limited palette of eight Schminke soft pastels on Wallis paper. Here’s the finished piece: And here’s the video showing the process start to finish – just click on the image: Here are a couple of other
A couple of weeks ago, I went to visit my Mum and Dad on Salt Spring. It had been a while since I’d spent some time with them and although I have good friends on SSI and always want to visit everyone, I decided to spend the time wholly with my parents. We planned to
When we’re on location I hear students complain that there is nothing to paint, that they want to move to another location. There is always something to paint – you may just have to look a little harder. Take for instance this day I was out – it was overcast and I had limited
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