Author: ArtisticActuary

Stormy Abstract

And here's my second effort of the day. Ā Another with a specially prepared crackle paste surface. Ā This time, the special guest in the surface was...

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The Hills Are Alive

I think it must have been four days ago when I prepared a couple of crackle paste surfaces for painting. Ā I started painting on them yesterday but...

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Bramble’s

Today's job was to prepare a couple of experimental crackle paste surfaces to use later in the week but I found myself pining to do some painting,...

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Colour Keys

When I talk about my choices of colours in paintings, I seem to refer quite often to colour keys, which nobody has ever heard of. Ā Well, nobody's...

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Now What Are You Barking At?

And here's my latest Jane Betteridge inspired painting on an unusual surface. Ā It's my first go using crackle paste. Ā I bought an acrylic canvas...

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Mount Rushmore

Now this is more like it! Ā A painting on an experimental surface that worked. Ā The faces were all torn out of the Mail On Sunday dated 11 August...

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Blue Skye

After reading that Jane Betteridge book, I thought it was time to start painting on some unusual surfaces. Ā First up was painting on a map. Ā I...

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Shell Ginger

I thought I'd have a ago at some Jean Haines style painting today by painting a shell ginger flower. Ā The flowers are white on the outside and...

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Birthday Book Stash

I got all these nine new art instruction books for my birthday. Ā It may take some time but I'll definitely be reading them all and posting reviews...

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A Miserable Night In Torquay

I still have three new books sitting on the shelf and it would be very easy for me to stop painting for a month while I read them all. Ā But then I...

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Hondo

I thought it was about time I did another Western silhouette painting as they're always popular. Today's painting is based on a still from Hondo, a...

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Hidden Village

This one's taken me a couple of days. Ā After reading Ann Blockley's Watercolour Workshop, I thought I'd have a go at painting a random abstract,...

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