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Guide – Art supplies for Beginners – What to buy

Are you dying to learn to paint but wondering what you need? There’s no need to worry, Absolute beginners Don’t need a lot to begin. We’ll look at the bare essentials that will launch you on your journey as an artist and see how you can add to your art materials as you progress.

Safety and Outlines Paints

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

Non Toxic Acrylic Paint

Are you concerned about the toxicity of Acrylic paints? You may be concerned about the environment as well as your own health and want a non toxic acrylic paint for artists. You might want to buy paints for your children, have an allergy, or want to use our paints for toys. A number of readers […]

Limited Palette of Three Colours or Four

How to paint with only two colours, three colours and then Four. This lesson shows you how to paint first with only two colours and then adds a third, white, followed by a blue.   After some colour mixing tips, there’s a small project to implement what you have learned. I hope it will give […]

Advantages and Disadvantages of Acrylic Paints

What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Acrylic paints? Whether you want to diversify and expand on what you already use or want to find an ideal paint for a beginner, knowing more about this paint can help you decide whether you want to try it. Acrylic paint for artists commonly comes in a […]

1 Your Painting Demo Starts Here

Thank you for joining my email list. I would like to send you a series of emails showing how simple it can be to produce a painting Even if you have never painted before. In this series of twelve emails (sent between 1, 2 or 3 days apart), I’ll show you how I painted a […]

2 Art Supplies

Painting Materials and tools for our project. As I demonstrate painting a landscape in a loosely abstract style, you might want to follow along. The painting style of the demonstration is easily adapted to any shape or size; mine is almost square and quite small. This is what I used: Stretched canvas 33 x 30cm […]

3 Paint a Yellow Background

Paint a plain colour background I prepared the canvas with a warm yellow background Read how and watch over my shoulder here: Click Here –>> https://stage.outlinesart.com/tutorials/under-painting/prepare-canvas-warm-yellow-mix/ Look out for the next email when I will show you how I sketch a simple scene to start the painting. Until next time…

4 Sketch a Simple Scene

Sketch a simple scene with paint A simple sketch to define the different areas of the painting is helpful. Below, you can Read how I do it, and you can Watch over my shoulder in the Video Video – 4 minutes 40 secs  After this it will be time to start painting over our […]

5 Paint Distant Hills

Paint distant hills and define the field Now it’s time to start painting over our sketch. I’ll paint the distant hills and lay a foundation for the fields. Would you like to see the demonstration? Scroll down to find the 4 minute video on this page. There’s a transcript to read below the video. Look […]