Painting experiments are kind of like scouting missions. You blunder off into the unknown, …
Pink Roses from Paddy’s Garden
"Pinks from Paddy's Garden" - oil on panel, 12 by 9 inches. This painting is up for auction, …
Warm, cool and the middle way
When Prince Siddhartha Gautama decided to renounce his privileged position and search for …
The CMYK palette – how and why?
One of the more popular of the "primary" palettes for painting you might have heard of is the CMYK …
How to get better at colour design
Of all the aspects of colour, design is the one that is generally assumed to be something you have, …
Can you really paint with just the primaries plus white? (Part two: Greens)
This post is a follow up from a post a couple of weeks ago where I attempted to paint an orange …
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The Chroma Curve: How to paint light and shadow
Being able to paint colour that creates a convincing impression of light and shadows is not easy. …
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Why I abandoned this painting! (and what I’m going to do about it)
Here's a quick video I recorded live on facebook earlier this week. It's 16 minutes long, and …
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Can You Really Paint with Just Primaries Plus White? (Part one: Oranges)
Before we start, I have to tell you that the title of this post makes no sense. Why? Because …
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The Limits of the Primary Palette
"You can mix all the colours you need from just three primary colours, plus white." You've heard …