Geez it’s been a busy week! Last night one of my closest friends rang me from Brissie at 10:30pm. She needed to tell me that after her single mastectomy, aggressive radiation and chemo, TRAMS rebuild and then a single breast reduction only last Monday, they had...
I first found out that there were different kinds of white many years ago in calligraphy class. We were using gouache paints (a type of opaque watercolour) and I can remember learning that there were four different types of Winsor and Newton whites, and all had...
Now, this tip applies to artists that use lines in their work (as I do with my illustrative style), as well as people looking to paint darks and shadows… The background story – my mother, Diana Battle, is a very talented artist. She can paint beautifully...
You know those canvasses that say they’re pre-primed… and unless you are making them yourself with a fabric like linen or calico or some other sort of canvas, most of the ones you buy would be ‘pre-primed’. Today’s tip is simply to make...
Just a couple of weeks ago I was asked (by my friend Jo Capp) if I’d like to create a Daffodil themed Paint Along to help launch Daffodil Day here in Toowoomba. How could I say no? It was a Paint Along subject I hadn’t covered yet and I knew I could create...
