New Workshop Date I usually do not run my one day workshops during the summer months. But I have had a good few enquiries for one lately, so I have scheduled a new Palette Knife Workshop for 2nd July, to paint a still life in oils. This workshop booked out so quickly I released two new dates, 16th July and 13th August. Delighted [...]
First Month's Demo in Colour Cube Membership Our first month's painting demo went live at the end of February 2022. The full instructional video was painting my favourite flower, sweet pea, in a jam jar. In March we painted blueberries in a bowl and this month's demo was a seascape, painting the view from Red Island over to Shenick and Lambay [...]
Monthly Painting Demonstrations If you love painting, and are interested in learning more, tune in for monthly full-length instructional videos. Access to all full-length videos, plus bonus art and business tips. In my monthly membership - COLOUR CUBE - you will receive a monthly painting demonstration from start to finish, plus lots of art and business tips and access to over 20 archived painting [...]
Time Lapse Video - Painting Demo - Raspberries Just a quick time lapse painting demo of my painting "Raspberries". One of my 31 paintings from January in the Strada Easel Challenge. 6" x 6" (15x15cm) oil on board. check out my online courses here
My new online Masterclass Painting Course, is now ready to go. The course will go live on 15th October in six modules, released over 12 weeks. So every two weeks a new module is released. With lots of resources, challenges and full length painting video tutorials, covering, landscapes, seascapes, still life, interiors, flowers and Plein air. A comprehensive course that will inspire you [...]
For the month of August, we have been working on self-portraits in the Colour Cube Membership online course. When I set self-portraits as the August Challenge, there was a sharp intake of breath from all the Colour Cubers!!! But as we have progressed through the month there have been some amazing portraits painted and everyone so surprised at what they have achieved once they [...]
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of working with Jenny from Stand Out Films. She was helping me set up the studio for filming for my new online courses. We had so much to learn about lighting, camera angles and sound. But Jenny made the process run like clockwork. With her help, we managed to get our first course recorded and a few intro [...]
I have been busy with the set up of my new online art classes which will take the form of a membership and recording full painting demonstrations too. The membership will be based on a monthly subscription with weekly classes on the Zoom app including one monthly painting demonstration video + lots more. This is just like attending your weekly art class but now its [...]
I put this together to show everyone my five simple steps to a successful painting. Hope you find it useful. Paint the blank canvas in a base colour (this is called a ground)Paint in the lines of the rule of thirds to help your compositionDraw in roughly (with paint) your subjectBlock in colours with a large brush/knifeBuild up detail with a smaller brush/knifeCheck your painting [...]
Oil Painting Demo - Orange Calendula This video shows start to finish the painting of "Orange Calendula" 8" x 8" oil on board. Learning about video production and cutting so it is a bit raw!! Hope you enjoy it. https://youtu.be/d0nRiJbjH_w
