I chose to do a still life so I could apply a glazing technique using water-mixable oils (WMO), to try to achieve the drama of the...

Chiaroscuro is a term used to describe the dramatic effect of contrasting areas of light and dark in an artwork, particularly paintings....

I did the exercise in a life drawing workshop, which started with short poses, and for the portrait I had a 3-hour session. Before the...

I did this exercise in the life drawing class I am taking this term. We normally do short time poses in our sessions, not portraits,...

For this exercise I used a photo I took from the TV last year of the supermoon, and water mixable oil (WMO) on A3 acrylic paper with an...

For this exercise I was required to produce a wet on dry wash using some the washes I did at the 2.1 exercise, the result as below: This...

Prior to starting the exercise I experimented with water mixable oil (WMO) and some of the mediums designed for them 1. Neat: I found it...

For this exercise I decided to use grey pastel paper as my support and Sommelier soft pastel sticks and pastel pencils, and I chose two...

1. My first experiment used acrylic paint – and I divided an A3 sheet of acrylic paper into four equal rectangles to which I applied...

1. Project 1 Basic Paint Application 1.1 – Getting to know your brushes In the past I have mostly used acrylics but found them a bit...