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Beginner Painting Project: A Cardinal for Christmas

Are you looking for an easy holiday painting project that can be completed in ten minutes? Consider painting a cardinal on a small square of canvas board. What you will need? A canvas board, prepainted light green. (A square four … Continue reading

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Contrasting Acrylic Painting with Watercolor

I am sure we have all had the experience in childhood of trying to paint with watercolor. I remember how much fun it was to try, but the overall result was less than satisfying. The color went everywhere, and even … Continue reading

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How to Correct A Painting

  You never have to erase not matter what medium you use. It’s  a little like never having to say you are sorry. You can still revise and correct your painting, but it does not mean having to remove the … Continue reading

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Why Paint with Coffee?

I paint using acrylics on canvas and have done so for years. But lately I have started experimenting with coffee. I mean, I have started experimenting with brewed coffee as a pigment to paint with. I paint with coffee on … Continue reading

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How to Turn Caricatures into More Realistic Paintings

  For Halloween I painted a spooky portrait based on an old, faded and overexposed photo. Part of what made it creepy was that it was in fact a caricature of the original image. What would it take to make … Continue reading

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Realistic Paintings are Not Necessarily More Detailed

There is a popular misconception that the more detailed a painting is, the more realistic it must be.  But today’s animations can be extremely detailed, while remaining cartoonish, while some very realistic paintings do not share many details. Yesterday, while … Continue reading

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How to Paint a Miniature Painting in Acrylics

Yesterday I painted a miniature portrait using acrylics. It was on a 4×4 inch stretch canvas. Here is how I painted it: What I thought was most delightful about the process was that I was able to get my iPhone … Continue reading

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How to Paint a Vampire with a Baby

Paitning with acrylics can be a quick and satisfying process. First we prepare the canvas. Then we paint. In less than an hour we can have striking paintings.

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Return to the Messy Painting

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Much earlier this year, I had an urge to paint, and so I got out my art supplies and started painting. The painting I began to paint was very messy. And the more I painted it, the messier it got. At … Continue reading

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Messy Painting

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I am a messy painter. I use way too much paint when I start to fill the canvas, and later I put layers and layers on the original paint in an attempt to get my desired effect. In the painting … Continue reading

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