All Posts by Arty Editor

Make a Simple Colour Wheel

A Tutorial About Colour Types and Mixing We discuss how Making your own colour wheel helps you Understand Colour and become more comfortable when mixing colours.

Artist Using Acrylic paint, Fabric and Collage

Make cushion covers and pictures Using Acrylic paint, Fabric and Collage. The designer at Wild Cherry Designs has made these colourful scatter cushions and sent me the photos along with some snaps of her framed pictures.  

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How To Prepare A Canvas With A Warm Yellow Mix

How to mix a colour in acrylics and use it for a ground on canvas. How thick the paint should be and Why a colour ground is useful when painting a picture.

Take Care With Your Greens – How to Mix Greens in Acrylic

Article about Greens – different types, mixing – Painting ideas for your Greens – About Colour and How to mix natural greens for landscape painting and more

Make a Portable but Exclusive Space for Painting

Some artists have wonderful spacious studios, but so many of us have to squeeze in where we can. It can be very frustrating, especially if you yearn to paint big pictures. Dreaming about your ideal studio might not get you one, but it can help you see what you really need RIGHT NOW to start […]

Creating Texture With Acrylics – No Additives

Creating Texture With Acrylics Without Using Additives Mixing directly and creating texture without additives can be done in various ways and can be subtle or bold. Acrylics will hold their shape until they are dry and can be applied thick or thin. They can be applied with soft synthetic brushes or stiff bristle brushes of […]

Life Paintings by Victoria Talbot Rice

Paintings by Victoria Talbot Rice from a Life class, a look at her painting methods in a learning environment.

Revive a Garden Table

How I Revived a Garden Table by Christina Bonnett. How To Paint the Table Painting the Sunshades Painting the Beach Painting the Steps Painting the Boardwalk or Promenade The Promenade Rail Conclusion A Beach Scene to Decorate a Square Table The Melamine top of this table was cracked and letting in water so I decided […]

Don’t know where to Start

The rapidly changing countryside has set me thinking about green colours and how to use them in paintings. The fields nearby are always a patchwork of colours