I’ve had a couple versions of pyrrole red in my pile of acrylic paint colours. When standing in the art store as an absolute beginner, both enticed me with their beautiful reds, each seeming to be a “classic” red. I’ve used them occasionally, but mostly relied on cadmium red and quinacridone magenta as my “warm” […]
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Choosing a green-leaning blue for your palette can be tricky. Do you go for the dark phthalos? Or the paler ceruleans? This blog post looks at cerulean blue and a similar colour: cerulean blue chromium. Both paints are a middle value – not overly dark or pale. Landscape artists particularly love them because they are
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Today I’m taking a closer look at two pale neutral acrylic paints – N8 neutral gray and titan buff. I’ve used titan buff quite extensively and have just recently added N8 neutral gray to my collection. Both are quite pale – they land at about 8 on a value scale from 1-10, with 1 being
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I love summertime because it’s berry season! I love strawberries so much and they’re fun to paint too. I’ll show you how to paint an acrylic strawberry in a sketchbook. Strawberries are a simple subject to paint because they’re kind of an oblong ball-ish shape on one end, that tapers to a rounded point on
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I’ve been examining different similar acrylic paint colours, testing out colour mixes to see how the slight differences in hue might be useful (or not) as an acrylic artist. Today, I’m looking at titanium white and zinc white acrylic paint. These two white colours are the most common white acrylic paints. If you’re a beginner
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Peonies are one of my favourite flowers. They are a large, multi-layered riot of petals, especially the double-flowering versions. I am fortunate to have several peony shrubs in my front yard and love when they bloom. Unfortunately, their blooming season is very short. Today, I’ll share how to capture their essence in a beautiful, loose
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Painting clouds is a great skill to add to your repertoire. They’ve very common in landscapes, so learning how to paint clouds allows you to add another item to your artist’s mental library. Clouds are also a great way to practice painting in an energetic and loose style, since clouds come in all sorts of
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Which gray is the best gray for your paint palette? I’m examining two versions of gray acrylic paint, including one of the most popular: payne’s gray. The second shade of gray is N5 Neutral Gray. Not every artist likes to have a gray paint as part of their acrylic palette. Many do, though, as a
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To many, black paint is black paint. They aren’t necessarily that different. But for an artist, you might want to get to understand the different versions of black paint available to you so you can make a worthwhile choice for your palette. In this post, I’m getting to know bone black and ivory black acrylic
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If you’ve taken a look at some of the posts on my blog, you can probably figure out that I enjoy learning about acrylic paint colours and how they can be used together. One colour combo that I particularly love is burnt sienna and ultramarine blue. The two mix to easily create a beautiful, dark
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