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Do Golden Acrylics Bridge the Gap Between Acrylics and Oils?

29/3/2021

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Golden Heavy Body Acrylics Review
Are you looking for top quality acrylic paint? In this article I'm comparing professional and student grade acrylics. More specifically one of the top brands, Golden Heavy Body acrylics. Plus there is a full demonstration video for you to see the acrylic paints in action. Do these heavy body acrylics provide a real alternative to oils?

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Best New Tools and Tips for Your Creative Side Hustle

13/3/2021

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BEST TOOLS AND TIPS FOR CREATIVE BUSINESS
Can your art become a real business? These days more creatives are looking for alternate sources of income through their art. If you have employment, which is good, you may still be looking for something on the side that is fun to do. Perhaps you want to exit formal employment and start your own business making art? All of this is possible, as I have discovered myself. Using the right tools and resources makes this much easier.
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I thought it would be fun to share my NEW favorite tools and resources ​for side hustle success with you. *
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How to Get Great Painting Compositions from Your Photos

8/3/2021

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How to Get Great Painting Composition from Photos
Composition is critically important. Picking the right subject and then deciding what to do with it will make the difference between successful paintings and flops. So taking your time with assessing the subject and then deciding on the format cannot be wished away. In this article I will introduce you to the principles of design. Then demonstrate how I compose a painting from a photograph. 
Let's begin.

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Army Vet Talks About the Benefits of Art Therapy for PTSD (Podcast #45)

2/3/2021

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Shawn Auguston interview on art therapy
Meet my special guest, Shawn Auguston, who is an wonderful artist and advocate for art therapy. Shawn discusses his own struggle as an army veteran with PTSD. His successful treatment through art therapy and how this lead to his own art career success. An inspirational story and one of hope for others suffering from mental health issues. 
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Listen to or watch the podcast below.

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How You Can Achieve Art Business Success with Sonja Smalheer (Interview)

15/2/2021

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An Artists Journey Podcast interview with Sonja Smalheer
How can artists and creatives find the focus to achieve business success? World uncertainty, financial pressures and distractions can keep this objective out of reach. My special guest in An Artist's Journey Podcast has dedicated herself to helping artists succeed. Plus she has a special gift for you too. 

Find out more in the interview below!

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How to Start Your Creative Side Hustle

31/12/2020

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How to start your creative side hustle.

Will 2021 be the year that you decide to start your own profitable side hustle?
Perhaps you intend to develop a side hustle into a full-time creative business one day? After a stressful and unprecedented 2020 many artists have found themselves questioning the way forward. This may be the catalyst to creating a sustainable small business that you enjoy in the future. One which brings in extra income and may even turn into your primary income one day.

​This was the mindset that I adopted 10 years ago and fortunately it was the best decision I made. With the experience that I've had over the past decade I put together a bundle of courses and training that may be useful to you.

 Find out more about the Creative Side Hustle Bundle below.

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How to Paint Snow in an Impressionist Style

29/12/2020

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How to paint snow colors.

Snow is a fascinating painting subject
. In theory the colour of snow is white, however in real life it is anything but. Snow has the ability to reflect different kinds of light and creates wonderful shadows. Snow shows off natural landscape features in a mysterious and exciting way. If you want to see your landscape transformed, wait for the snow fall and a magical new landscape is created overnight. Snow has long fascinated artists and they are many examples of how artists have interpreted this enigmatic subject.
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 In this lesson I want to focus on two particular kinds of light which you will typically find in most situations. I will discuss the colours that are appropriate in such landscapes and how you can open up your creativity and expressiveness when facing these landscapes. Let's Begin

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How to Improve Your Gouache Painting Quickly (New Training)

9/12/2020

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Gouache Painting Tutorials
Gouache painting is growing in popularity. This medium dates back six hundred years, but you would think it was invented last year and everyone wants to try it out. Why is gouache popular? It is water-based and opaque and this makes it super versatile and beginner friendly. But is gouache easier to master? In this article I want to share thoughts on how to improve your gouache painting so that you get more out of the experience.

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How to Make Gouache Painting Easy for Beginners

21/10/2020

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Gouache Painting Tutorial
Gouache paint continues to grow in popularity. Many beginners over recent years have taken up gouache paint as a friendly opaque medium. Also many experienced artists are getting out their gouache paint for a fresh approach to familiar subjects. Gouache paint is popular because it combines the opaque nature of acrylics and oils without the issues of solvents in oil paint and the permanent drying nature of acrylic paint.

But gouache brings its own technical issues. These hurdles can be a problem for beginners to deal with.
In this article I want to look at a powerful process for learning how to use the paint quickly and effectively.



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Daniel Smith Watercolors Review Plus Demonstration

25/9/2020

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Daniel Smith Watercolor Review
Ask any professional artist what comes to mind with the words Daniel Smith  they will most likely think of watercolor paints. For beginners and enthusiast artists the words Daniel Smith may be associated with expensive paints that they would not dream of spending money on. 

Are Daniel Smith watercolors as good as they say and are they worth the money? More importantly for beginners and enthusiast watercolor artists are Daniel Smith watercolors a wise choice?

In this article I'm going to share my experience with Daniel Smith watercolors and give you a few painting demonstration videos to have a look at as well. I will also discuss the Daniel Smith watercolor dot charts and much more.  Let us dive in .

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