Gradient technique

Maybe you already know and use this gradient technique, but I didn't.

Yes, I know this is a nail art tutorial - but this method can be used in painting on canvas and paper too, not just on nails.

Here's the link.

Feel free to post what you come up with, if you try it.

"Mind blowing painting skills"

Time lapse, dramatic painting, for your viewing pleasure! (click here)

(Check out this stop-motion video featuring Thijme Termaat, a Dutch artist.)

Painting: "Blokes"

This is the follow up painting to "Inspired But Grounded", which I posted on the 12th of June - it's the second of this series. This one is entitled "Blokes":



Which of the two is your favourite, and why?

What would you suggest for the third painting in this series?

Painting: "Tea or Coffee?"

I was waiting until after the Coffee and Tea art exhibition opening night to post this painting: "Tea or Coffee?".

This is the 'tea' half:



It's acrylic on 300gsm watercolour paper. The background was inspired by the backgrounds in paintings by Debi Hubbs, one of my favourite artists.

This gives you an idea of how it is framed (in a very dark brown frame), yes I know I didn't follow the correct art photography rules (see an earlier post), you can see the flash glare, and it's not aligned properly, tsk tsk: