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Straight Line Portrait Exercise

Try your hand at analysing a portrait with straight lines only

Sarah Jane Moon: Painting People

Sarah Jane Moon shares her working process

Why I Don’t Offer Critiques

Aren’t Art schools supposed to offer critiques?

Svetlana Cameron – Pastel Portrait Demonstration

A step-by-step demonstration by the master pastel painter

How to Choose a Good Reference Photo

What makes a good reference photo to paint from?

Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco: The Artists’ Palette

Ilaria shares how to choose colours for your oil painting

Introduction to Colour Temperature

What is colour temperature? Find out here.

Seeing Colour Temperature

Look at reference photos and learn to see colour temperature

Tulips in Pastel Demo

A time lapse demosntration

Plein Air Painting with Adebanji Alade

Tips and Advice from Adebanji

How to Paint a Painterly Portrait in Pastel

Pastel Types and Brands

A talk about the pastel types and brands I own

Resources

Sophie’s favourite tools

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Interview with Ben Hope PS NEAC

Pastel and oil plein-air artist Ben Hope shares his methods and materials

Blog Archive: Techniques

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Blog Archive: Oil Painting

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Blog Archive: Pastel

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Oil Painting for Absolute Beginners

How to Start A Portrait

How start with a good likeness

Painting an NHS Hero

Painting a portrait of an NHS hero

Time Lapse Pastel Portrait

See the progress - and play time - of a pastel portrait

How to Paint Skin Colours in Oils

How to Paint an Eye in Pastel

How To Create A Colour Block In In Pastel

How to Create an Underpainting in Pastel

Lorena Kloosterboer’s Guide to Painting with Acrylics

Everything you ever wanted to know about acrylics

How To Set Up Your Pastel Palette

How to Create an Under Painting

How to Set Up a Still Life

How to Set Up Your Palette

How to Make Your Subject Matter Fit

How to Get Started in Oils (Materials)

Lorena Kloosterboer’s Poetic Realism

An Interview

Floral Paintings by Kathleen Speranza

Beautiful floral paintings in oils