by Kristen O'Neill | Nov 3, 2022 | Art Lessons
Painting fall colors are so inspirational. Bright and bold, these temporary splashes of color are fun to celebrate. Here, I walk you through a step-by-step journey of painting a leaf – with a focus on color choices. Materials: Fantastic leaf from tree...
by Kristen O'Neill | Sep 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Creating a value scale is an essential and simple task for a painter. The basic idea is that we need to see the range of values that one or two pigments can create. Values are an important part of painting, creating contrast, mood, form, and help guide the eye. It is...
by Kristen O'Neill | Sep 6, 2022 | Art Lessons, The Practice of Art
The Isle of Skye seen from the amazing B&B in Glenelg, Scotland Sometimes I find myself taking myself way too seriously. Does this happen to you? I go to sit down and paint and all the sudden I bring all this pressure with me. Like, I need to paint a...
by Kristen O'Neill | Jul 26, 2022 | Art Lessons
Achieving realistic color and values can go a long way to painting anything. With ocean waves, we also have to make sure that we are following the rules of how nature works to create a believable wave. Believable Waves – Values #1 The deepest part of the ocean...
by Kristen O'Neill | Jul 7, 2022 | Art Lessons
Mixing with warm and cool primaries is really the secret to knowing how to avoid muddy colors . Also, mixing ON the right type of palette can really help too. Check out this video I made all about it.
by Kristen O'Neill | Jun 29, 2022 | Art Lessons
Painting waves is definitely a time where knowing the shape of a wave ahead of times helps it all come together. We think of waves as being a round semi-circle shape, but they are more of an oblong C shape, that is leaning towards the open ocean. How to paint the...
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