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7 Realism Painting Tips to Help You Create More Realistic Paintings
Let’s say you are painting an apple sitting on a table. If you paint the apple with the mindset that you are painting it to
Easy Watercolor Landscape Painting Tutorial for Beginners
This watercolor landscape painting has hills at the horizon line. Mix blue with some alizarin crimson to create a purple color. Then mix a little
What is Painting Varnish? What to Know About Varnishes Starting out
In this article we will be focusing in on picture varnishes, which are varnishes you can use for the final coat of a painting. It
Types of Oils for Painting and the Best Oils for You
Types of oils for painting There are different categories of oil types that every painter should know about: Drying oils: these are the most common
Landscape Painting Ideas to Help You Stay Inspired
Another way to create depth in your landscape painting is with value and color temperature. Lighter values tend to recede back in space, while darker
How to Begin Your Painting Starting with it’s First 3 Color Values
For the light value yellow I mix some cadmium yellow, lemon yellow, white and provence violet bluish (light purple) together. The light purple helps to
How to Mix Blue Gray Paint Colors for Your Painting
Gray blue paint colors can add a great amount of interest to a painting, precisely because they are neither fully blue or fully gray. They
How to Draw Hands (Beginner + Advanced) Hand Drawing Tips
The intrinsic muscles are those that are found within the hand itself and attach to the bones of the hand. Fortunately for the artist these
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