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Claude Monet said: “To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at. When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects...

Here is a recent painting I did of a peak near Mont Blanc, along with the original photo. As you can see I made some changes. What drew...

How to expand your colour range by using less colours! If you have followed this blog for a while you will know that I am constantly...

How to create colour harmony by using a “mother color” in all mixes. What is colour harmony? Some paintings thrive on a heady mix of...

It is so easy to paint a boring picture! I’m sure we all have failed paintings tucked away somewhere that just didn’t work out right....