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Oil Painting Myths: Secret Mediums and Magic Bullets

January 3, 2007 By: Paul4 Comments

Aspiring artists do love their magic bullets. This medium will help you paint like so-and-so. Thisrevolutionary approach will unlock your creativity in only five days (if you order now). Simply applythis magic colour theory and you’ll be painting masterpieces before you know it. The rather more mundanetruth is that the road to being a competent

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New Paint – Michael Harding’s Oils

April 17, 2006 By: Paul1 Comment

It’s Christmas. OK, it isn’t. It’s April. But I just blew £100 on oil paint, and I only got six colours. Wow. This paint comes highly recommended though. Michael Harding’s oil paints are hand made, apparently he taught himself how to make paint when he was at art college, his web site gives the impression he

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Hi, I’m Paul

I'm a (mostly) self-taught artist. I paint realism in oils, mostly still life. I share my work, my evolving process and what knowledge I've gained on my own learning journey here, in the hope that it might help you on yours.
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