For #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques we will be looking at Fluid Acrylics. The earliest recorded artist to use paint pouring techniques was David Alfaro Siqueiros in the 1930's. Famous abstract artist, but not famous at the time, Jackson Pollack was a student of David Siqueiros. Knowing this connection, y...

For #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I found this tool that I was using quite regularly last year. It was iMovie. iMovie is a wonderful tool to use to create videos with; I used it to create videos for my online course "My World Rocks!" To prepare me, I took a "How to use iMovie" course from Udemy; I was ...

Today was a busy day for me. I went to a Specialist Dentist to get his input concerning two teeth. It will be pricey, but it is needed as my body is fighting infections i have at the root of these teeth. So my body's immune system, in the background, is constantly dealing with/fighting these infecti...

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope this day is a reminder to love yourself and be proud of yourself. I really believe our first love should be ourselves, for it is like putting the oxygen mask on yourself first. We can make a stronger effect on others, if we love ourselves first. And once we take care ...

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is all about the mini abstracts I created to accompany my Artist Cards. The mini abstracts are mixed media. I loved playing with collage of rice paper and wrapping paper, and the stencils I used to create a variety of patterns. On top of that, I created it all usin...

Burnishing... "polish by rubbing."  Well it kinda is like that, but we are using pencil crayons, instead of the traditional metal burnishings. What we do is place a lighter colour on top of the base colour, and the act has pressure to it because we are rubbing it into the base colour. So it is the a...

Not all things are the same. It's like that way with acrylics. A lot of people think of acrylics as paint in tubes. Acrylics comes in different consistency. There is the craft hobbyist acrylic paint that is thinner, while the artist tubed acrylic paint is thicker. There is also a type called Fluid A...

Does someone on your Christmas list want some watercolours? This set, that I am about to share, was a quality set that i had my high school students use. The set is called "Prang;" they sell tempera paint and watercolour sets (the tempera was of good quality as well). I used the Prang watercolour 8-...

Acrylics are loved as a media for creation. Today, I looked at some acrylics that don't look like normal acrylic paint in its thickness and it coming from a tube of paint. Due to its liquid substance, it will react differently with your brushes as it will have a 'flow'. It will operate more like wat...

This made a HUGE difference in my realistic drawing skills. A common drawing skill that people use is focusing and drawing the object that is in front of them. They draw the exterior lines of the objects in their view. but what often happens is that things are out of proportions and the objects are ...

For today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I am sharing with you a medium called gesso. Gesso can be a white, black or clear coloured. In fact, sometimes it can be a coloured substance. Another interesting aspect is often artists will combine a colour of paint with the white or clear gesso. This will gi...

Last week's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I mentioned how to focus on the general shape of the object, and to draw that first. So when you create an image, your image will be divided amongst the general shapes of all the objects. From there, you will look at the object and break it down into smaller se...