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TuesdayToolsAndTechniques September 21 acrylic acrylic paints tuesday tools and techniques Sep 21, 2021

Happy Fall Equinox! May this fall season be full of abundance in love, joy and peace.Ā 

As for #TuesdayToolsAnd Techniques , i am sharing about howĀ I organize my acrylic paints. I have a fair amount and these tools help me to find the colour I need faster. Even if your paint numbers aren't as high a...

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Art & Soul Insider Newsletter September 21 art & soul insider hard edge texture implied texture real texture rough texture smooth texture Sep 16, 2021

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In this Art & Soul Insider I will share about the final element of design that is texture. Texture refers to the surface quality of a surface. We associate textures with the way that things look or feel. Everything has some type of texture. We describe things as being rough, smooth, silky, shin...

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TuesdayToolsAndTechniques September 14 charcoal dewert tinted charcoal tuesday tools and techniques Sep 14, 2021

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is about the age old tool of charcoal, but done in a new way! The charcoal is no longer black, but coloured. The tints vary from purples, blues, browns, greens, yellows and even white! This way you can create a tinted charcoal piece, besides the usual blackĀ and gre...

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#TuesdayTools&Techniques August 31 Aug 31, 2021

Today for #TuesdayTools&Techniques I will share about what the numbers and letters (H, BĀ & F) on the pencils mean! Most of us know the HB and 2HB pencils as that is what we used at school and at home.

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Art & Soul Insider Newsletter August 21 B art & soul insider atmospheric perspective degas one point perspective perspective seurat van gogh immersive Aug 20, 2021

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Today, there is a continuation of the element of design of space. There is a concept of one point, two point and three point perspective. This is where the majority of the lines go towards the vanishing point on the horizon line. Unfortunately, this concept is easier shown than explained with w...

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August 17 #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques colour tuesday tools and techniques value Aug 17, 2021

What is the lightest colour, besides white? And what is the darkest colour, besides black? For #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I will share with you, the answer to these questions. Also, did you know that you can see the value of a colour by squinting your eyes?Ā Squinting your eyes blocks out a lot of th...

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August 10 #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques archival ink cross-hatching ink pens pointillism tuesday tools and techniques Aug 10, 2021

Today for #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I am sharing with you the different types of pens. They are the same pens by the fact that they all have archival ink, which is Micro pigment ink for waterproof and fade proof fine lines, but they are different by the size of their nib. These pens are great as yo...

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Aug 3 #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques collage tuesday tools and techniques Aug 03, 2021

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is about collage. Collage is when an artist glues one thing to another. It can be paper, canvas, objects etc. that can be adhered to the main support (i.e. canvas, mdf board etc.). There are different substances that can be used as the glue. In the video, I share s...

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Art & Soul Insider Newsletter AUG21 art & soul insider element of design element of space space Aug 02, 2021

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Today’s Element of Design is Space. In every art work there is space. Space is the area around, above, and within an object. It also is a feeling of depth or three dimensions. Today, I will focus on the space where it is the area around, above, and within an object with the famous American arti...

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July 27 TuesdayToolsAndTechniques barbara lynn burns burnishing tuesday tools and techniques Jul 27, 2021

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is a continuation from last Tuesday. Last week i showed you burnishing with a white pencil crayon on top of another colour. This week, I am taking a coloured pencil crayon and burnishing on top of another colour.Ā  The key to this is to pick your burnishing colour (...

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July 20 TuesdayToolsAndTechniques burnishing pencil crayon tuesday tools and techniques Jul 20, 2021

For today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I will be sharing more about pencil crayon techniques. This technique has a name and it is called burnishing. Burnishing is a technique that most people don't know and don't know how to do it. It is a very simple technique that smooths the look of the colour be...

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July 13 #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques blending pencil crayon techniques tuesday tools and techniques Jul 13, 2021

Happy Tuesday! I hope this finds you well. Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is continuing with pencil crayon techniques. The technique is blending two similar colours together (i.e. blue into a blue). You would use this technique to show values in a piece of work (i.e. blue into another blue could...

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Are you Ready to Finally Start Painting?

The Beginner's Guide to Acrylics will give you all the information you need to start painting! It is something I wish I had when I first started with acrylics. Inside is a

  • checklist of supplies needed,
  • a list of colours to make all the colours of the world and more!

This is your first step in learning about acrylics. The sooner you start, the sooner you paint!

I want this Guide!