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Doodling in Paint, Josh Kirby
Doodling in paint, josh Kirby You can see some great pictures of Josh Kirby’s work here Or if you are on a flash enabled device, his website is here http://www.joshkirbyart.com You’ll have become used...
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How to mark up your artwork for the web so it doesn’t get lost
When you put a picture of your art on the web, you are immediately at risk of it vanishing into the ether. You can watermark it…but it spoils an otherwise lovely picture you can do what i do, and put a...
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Spain watercolour that went wrong
Not everything works out. It doesn’t look too bad (ahem) on the computer screen, but that’s because I tweaked it a bit. The reality is that not every picture works out ok. I laboured over it too much....
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Experiment using acrylic inks paint and decoupage glue
Experiment using acrylic inks paint and decoupage glue I’ve always had a bit of an uneasy friendship with acrylics. I don’t like (or rather can’t get on) with adding thick acrylic to canvas like...
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What does the fox say? Pen and watercolour illustration
What does the fox say? Pen and watercolour illustration This is something of an experiment. It started off as one of my usual doodles until it was finished, then I copied it on high quality onto 140lb...
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Italian Washing line in shade
Italian washing line in shade I’ve been working on the watercolours still. Again doodling, trying to make it all work. Apart from the what does the fox say? tribute kinda thing, I wanted to see how I...
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Using copyright material in artwork – are you taking these risks?
Using copyright material in artwork We all know about copyright. As artists, we hate it when someone uses our materials without asking first. Its even worse if they get paid for something that we have...
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The Old Tree Man
A little rubbish this on in terms of the scan, but never mind. It got blurry. An illustration of an old broken tree which has been carved as a sad face, but has begun to grow again. Wife said to leave...
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art copy and why you should do it
art copy and why you should do it Art requires a few things: A great idea Composition Colour choices Execution The last one means you need a degree of technical expertise. In the old days, before I was...
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Hierarchy of vocations (Dave walker tribute church diagram)
Dave Walker is known for his known for his diagrams of church and meaning (?) over on cartoonchurch.com often linking ideas that Christians in church take for granted. Being a Christian himself he’s...
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View of Pendle Hill Watercolour Painting
This view of Pendle Hill is taken from a rather drab picture I found on the web. It’s the final picture I’ve been doing for a family member….it’s taken a while! Too busy I guess. i wanted to still...
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Watercolour experiments with lifting preparation fluid and gum arabic
Two great uses of lifting prep fluid and gum arabic. 1) To aid in lifting 2) They increase the brilliance of watercolours by preventing breakdown of paper fibres by water and therefore keeping the...
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David hides from Saul
David hides from Saul, 20 inches by 31 inches probably the biggest watercolour I’ve done to date. It took about a week of occasional visits, rescued in parts! It’s worked out well though. I’ve got a...
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Reason for beginning Printing….a new direction
As an artist I am always on the look out for new inspiration. Art, sometimes, bores me. And I think I can’t do it. It’s not unusual. Then looking for a way of designing my website, I started asking...
View ArticleIcon Jesus crucifixion limited edition print
Inspired by Christian icons and their construction, I decided to create my own. This is a contemporary icon of Jesus crucifixion. For me, the production of a print is a meditative process, similar to...
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Coping with artistic depression and What gets in the way of creating an art...
Are you someone who struggles with artistic depression? Two important things about artists. Artists are dreamers. They do it because they have a vision of the world and a compulsion to express that...
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The Tailor of Gloucester, Beatrix Potter, Limited edition print
The tailor of Gloucester is a wonderful story of generosity from the pen of Beatrix Potter. I won’t go into details since you can read it easily for yourself! (affiliate link to Amazon) I keep...
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Games and art
Ok…now I know that this isn’t about art and stuff, but I am also a gamer. i love games. And it seems I’m not bad at helping folks to identify games they may like. Here are a list of games that I am...
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The Old Tree Man
A little rubbish this on in terms of the scan, but never mind. It got blurry. An illustration of an old broken tree which has been carved as a sad face, but has begun to grow again. Wife said to leave...
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Collecting artwork that just about anyone can afford
I’ll go into more details at another point, breaking this post down a bit, but for now, I wanted to think through what it was about the artwork that I am offering. A unique way of collecting original,...
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