Recommended Watercolor Palette

You may already have your own preference for watercolors, if you don’t, or if you are feeling adventurous, you may want to give the following palette of colors a try. The following colors are considered to be wonderful in terms of purity and pigment strength. They also work quite nicely when mixing together.

Cadmium Red

Cadmium Red has good permanence. You won’t need to use a lot of this color. Just a little of this pigment can go a long way.

Permanent Rose

Permanent Rose is a more modern color and is sometimes used to replace the less permanent Rose Madder. Read more

Ng Woon Lam – Floral Oil Painting Video Demonstration

Singapore Artist Ng Woon Lam shares his techniques for painting a still life of a vase with flowers in this oil painting tutorial.  Thank you Ng Woon Lam for sharing this video!  The art community appreciates your contribution!

Ng Woon Lam is a signature member of the National & American Watercolor Society.  He is also the winner of the 20090AWS Bronze Meda.  You can learn more about NG and see more of his wonderful videos on this page.

Singapore Artist Ng Woon Lam Floral Oil Painting

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Acrylic Painting Techniques

The acrylic painting medium is a fairly new addition to the various painting mediums available to todays artists. It has been around since the 1950′s and has been continually under development and refinement ever since.

Acrylic paint is highly favored amongst artists because of its wonderful versatility. It can be applied thickly as an impasto having rich texture or in washes mimicking the characteristics of watercolor.

Another likable characteristic of acrylic paint is its permanence. Acrylic paint is not susceptible to yellowing or hardening with age. With acrylic paint, the artist does not need to be concerned with the order the paint is applied or other special techniques that ensure the paint film remains free from cracking. So it can be said that acrylic paint is much easier to use than oil paint.

Yet another characteristic that invites new artists to this medium is its fast drying time. Since acrylic paint dries so quickly, colors can be applied and overlaid quicker than with oil painting.

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Pastel Demonstration by D. F. Gray

This demonstration is courtesy of Dan Gray. Visit his website to view more of his work

RAV 4 Demo

Snowing this Sunday, so working in studio

Working on composition and large form

Adding the lights without using my lightest colours

Further along trying to get the details and form of the car going deeper with my darks then my lightest light (but never using white)

Rav in Snow 18 x 24″ on Gray Canson By Dan Gray

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