Working with tonal underpaintings

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A personal journey of discovery Starting Out... When I first started out with oil paints, I was like a child in a sweet shop, keen to expe...

My Camera Lucida

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For anyone not already aware, the camera lucida is a visual aid that enables an artist to 'view' both the subject and the paper at ...

Painting on Copper

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From my limited exerience, I have found copper to be a beautiful surface to work on. My personal choice so far has been to use copper etchin...

W.F. Martin's Glazing Mediums

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Some time ago I read an online article entitled 'Glazing with Oils' by William Martin at wetcanvas.com. In this article he demonstr...

Lefranc and Bourgeois 'Flemish' Mediums

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As a gift, I received two glazing mediums by Lefranc and Bourgeois... tantalisingly entitled 'Flemish medium' and 'Flemish Sicc...

David Cranswick's Glazing Medium ('Liquid Glass')

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This is my most tried and trusted glazing medium to date, and the one used for most of my paintings in the last few years. It is known as ...

Repairing a bent brush

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Here is a little trick I learned recently and would like to share. Having been very remiss with the care of one of my brushes, it turned up ...

First attempt at stretching a canvas

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I confess, I usually buy my canvases ready-stretched, but having heard so many artists extol the financial and other virtues of stretching o...

Grinding Oil Paint

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Like anyone, I have days when all I want to do is squeeze out some ready-ground paint and slap it onto a ready-primed canvas, but there is a...