Reference photo – A little village on the Scottish coast I have zero experience with painting with a palette knife other than wielding it with gusto when applying the mixed media textures for all those camel paintings. I always felt a bit like I was icing a large cake with butter icing, which is all…
Tag: landscape
Quick study – lemon tree
I used a 7 x 5 inch canvas board that had been pre-prepared with a colour ground of Yellow Ochre Acrylic paint. For the sketch, I used a Burnt Umber watercolour marker, as it’s water-soluble and allows me to blend sections using just a water brush pen to softly indicate the shadows. Acrylic paint colours…
Venice
It has been a while since I had the chance to get involved in any form of painting since our move back to South Africa and coming to grips with a new business. Phil shoulders the greater responsibility and the bulk of the work with regard to our business, but I also needed to learn…
Exploring landscape techniques
I have spent the last 10 odd years doing my organic landscapes influenced by my desert surrounds. Recently I have tried exploring other types of landscapes. I don’t often get the time to just paint as so much of my time is spent doing commissions, but every now and again I like to do something…
Impressionistic Landscape
I am trying a more painterly approach in an attempt to create an impressionistic feel to my work. Landscapes are a new genre so style, technique and subject matter are all very strange to me. I have used a watercolour technique in some areas, applying very thin washes to the under-painting and then building on…
A lilac landscape……
Lilac Landscape Acrylic on canvas 30 X 30cm Paints used in this canvas Titanium white Burnt umber Ultramarine blue Cadmium yellow light Permanent Alizarin crimson To the primed canvas I applied a yellow ochre coloured ground. This will help to give me a unified tone to the landscape and a nice under glow of colour….
Painting Camels 101
Marrying a geologist has resulted in a fascinating, but not always easy life, and many years were spent living in tents in various deserts or arid climates. I am not someone that deals with heat well so when I started my married life in the Richtersveld and Kalahari Desert I knew I had a good…
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