How to Mix Colours When Painting in Acrylics

By Jenny Buchanan | August 6, 2022 |
colour wheel chart used for mixing warm colours, cool colours and complementary colours

Why I like to mix my own colours There are hundreds of different paint colours to choose from when you visit the art store. If you are like me, they all look so inviting you want to buy them all. However, good quality paints are expensive so you probably don’t want to buy a separate…

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Painting Skies in Acrylics, 5 Colours To Use Other Than Blue

By jenbuchan2@hotmail.com | February 1, 2020
beach sunrise with red sky caused by vog from the volcano on the big island of hawaii

Ideas For More Painting More Dynamic Skies in Acrylics When painting skies in acrylics, blue is not the only colour you should be thinking of. If you have seen my 7 Painting Rules to Remember post then you will be familiar with Rule No. 7, “The Sky Is Not Always Blue” In this article, I…

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How To Paint Realistic Palm Trees

By Jenny Buchanan | August 11, 2019
realistic palm tree blowing in wind demonstration painting for video art tutorial

How to Paint Realistic Palm Trees I’ve spent my fair share of time on tropical islands and one thing I know is that the wind is almost always blowing there.  Why is it then that when you see paintings of tropical scenes with palm trees in they always look so stiff and stagnant?  Don’t worry,…

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