Removing varnish from oil paintings: Easy. Removing paint right along with it: Just as easy!
Here’s how I know, and what I did about it. … More Painting Predicaments {Part 2} – Varnishing issues.
Last month I completed a landscape commission for my first ever repeat customer. The commission was a fairly specific request; not just for a particular location, but also a particular colour scheme. It needed to contain very greyed-out, muted colours – as per a previous painting I’d done of the same bay in southern Tasmania. … More Painting predicaments and how I solved them {Part 1}
Flicking through the reams of interior decor catalogues that regularly fatten up my letterbox, I found myself looking at the little tableaux of lounge room settings and wondering, ‘Are the poster prints included in them because people believe that art adds meaning and value to the lives of those who buy it? Or is that … More Why do people buy Original Art? Here’s 5 Good Reasons:
BIG NEWS : SMALL BLOG POST If you’ve been following this blog since its inception, let me know; and I’ll send you a celebratory Freddo frog, because we’ve reached a milestone. You may remember that my initial aim back in 2016 – beyond making a genuine, concerted effort with my oil painting attempts – was … More Celebrate milestones by looking back – it’s encouraging and a bit hilarious.
Growing up and living in the first world has tarnished me with the ability to take things for granted very easily. If it’s not the major things, like health, a home and other essential stuff beginning with H, it’s definitely the small things. Things like shoes (plural), my toothbrush, even the existence of ‘spare time’ … More Why I’ll never take White for granted again.
Ever heard of the Emotional Cycle of Change? Neither had I, until recently, but it turns out I’m deeply familiar with it – and I bet you are too. I came across the concept while reading Brian Moran & Michael Lennington’s book, The 12 Week Year, in which they outline (among many other things) the … More Painting: An emotional rollercoaster that everyone, actually, is familiar with.
As I write this, there is a rather frantic blow-fly energetically break-dancing on my office floor. Every now and then, it will have a little legs-up breather, before starting on another frenzied spin. Curiously, I find myself relating to its struggle. Since I started painting, I’ve spent many days in frenzied bursts of painting that, … More First-rate Find: Why lazy and painting don’t mix.
