My first two Online Paint Alongs, Daffodils and Everlasting Wreath, are ready. I hope you like one (or both!) and have enough info about it from me to go ahead and buy it because I can’t wait to see what you create! Each Online Paint Along has its’ own...
Many many moons ago I spent about four years in Olive Bull’s calligraphy class and we learned STACKS about gilding. We mixed our own plaster-type substances to create raised areas on our parchment and gilded with genuine gold leaf, rubbing with burnishers for a...
Now, this tip applies to artists that use lines in their work (as I do with my illustrative style), as well as people looking to paint darks and shadows… The background story – my mother, Diana Battle, is a very talented artist. She can paint beautifully...
You know those canvasses that say they’re pre-primed… and unless you are making them yourself with a fabric like linen or calico or some other sort of canvas, most of the ones you buy would be ‘pre-primed’. Today’s tip is simply to make...
At the moment, wrapped, clean edge canvases are my surface of choice. Sometimes they’re called ‘gallery wrapped’, which basically means the staples are not on the edge, they’re on the back. These canvases have been a good thing for artists, as...
You know I do love a dragonfly or two. Their little, elegant wings add movement to a garden and a ‘special something’ to a flower painting. My stylised dragonflies are simply five lines – a slightly curved body (place and pull your brush), then two...
