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Advantage of Painting with Acrylic Paint

October 13, 2011

Comparing the types of paints available, there are 3 main advantages of acrylic paints to oil paints and watercolors. Acrylics is the most versatile of paints for fine art. There are many attributes of acrylic paints that make it my choice of paint. 1. Varied Viscosity and Textures Acrylics can be purchased with different levels [...]


What do I Paint Today? – Painting Ideas

September 28, 2011
painting ideas

What do I Paint Today?? That is probably the most frequent question artists ask themselves on a daily basis. Painting ideas can elusive. And it has as much to do about luck as it is about creativity. The artistic mind is like a camera which records imaginary images and stores the pixels in the subconscious. [...]


How I Paint Hair with Acrylics – Blonde

August 3, 2011
painting hair with acrylics

I tend to paint most of my male figures a kind of platinum blonde. My painting style is a lot more simple than, let’s say a realistic portrait painter’s. Hence one might be surprised to see that the strokes are swift and rather simple. In creating the ‘dynamic’ and free-spirited effect, strokes of hair and [...]


How I Paint Black Hair on Figures

August 3, 2011

This is the second tutorial on painting hair. This is a step-by-step, quick painting method I use of painting figures with black hair. The strategy is slightly different from that of blonde hair, but the method of painting in layers is the same. I start by painting the figure bald. This way, the effect of [...]


Painting Eyes – Some Tips

November 6, 2010

Artists are often occupied with just getting the eyes “right”. Their main concerns are getting the features balanced and the painting as “realistic” as possible. In order to create really earth-shattering art with expressions that creeps up at the viewer, realism is not enough. Here are some tips that would change the focus of the [...]


How To Paint Like Klimt

January 11, 2000

In The Style Of Gustav Klimt “Die Tanzerin” Things You will Need: Drawing pencil or charcoal pencil. Acrylics paints or Oil Paint. Acrylic / Watercolor Paper or Canvas Paint brushes A photo reference. Lots of patience Draw outline of the picture on the canvas. Here I use yellow ink pen. You can use pencil or [...]


How to Paint Awesome Singapore Night Time Cityscape in Watercolor

January 11, 2000

How to Paint Flowers with Watercolor / Acrylics on Paper Achieving realism in painting is always challenging. It needs a lot of patience and discipline. This painting was very tedious to paint, but it was one of my first paintings. So, I can paint this as a beginner, you definitely can too! Things You will [...]


How to Paint Amazing flowers with Watercolor

January 11, 2000

How to Paint Flowers with Watercolor / Acrylics on Paper Painting flowers realistically with acrylic paints takes a measure of discipline. It is helpful to draw an outline of the image as detailed as possible so more attention can be put on shading and getting the shadows right. Here is how I painted “Shadows Dancing”. [...]


Grisaille Painting To Create Realism and Drama

January 11, 2000
Grisaille

—> Grisaille (grɪʼzaɪ, -ʼzeɪl; French: gris, grey, French pronunciation: /ɡʁi.zaj/) painting is a technique of painting in monochromatic (one single color) color. Mostly in grayscale (black and white), but can also be in sepia (brown) tones. I use this technique all the time in my current paintings, even though is is not apparent in the [...]


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