How To Paint Vibrant Florals WITHOUT Counting Petals!!
Who doesn’t love flowers? In this demonstration I show you how to paint florals without getting hung up in petals, stamens, leaves and stems. Do you want your painting to convey the FEELING of the flower? Through combining a looseness of line and paint you can easily create gorgeous florals that are vibrant and fun.
How to Use REPEATED SHAPES in Your Abstract Painting
In this video I lead you through a process of creating simple shapes that can be repeated in your abstract composition. When you repeat shapes you create a structure and cohesion in your painting which helps to eliminate that “chaotic, too-busy” feeling that can happen in abstract work. Follow the simple steps shown in this video using shapes that resonate with you and I’m sure you’ll be pleased with the outcome.
Abstract Painting Exercise #1: Limited Colour Palette
Sometimes we can just put way too many colours on our palette and end up with a big muddy mess. Follow me as I use a limited colour palette to create a HARMONIOUS painting using beautiful colour contrasts and colour pairings that work together. With 3 warm, 1 cool colour and black and white you can create depth and luscious colour combinations. In this abstract painting the end result hints at a wonderful land of shapes with linear details with warm colour contrasting with subtle cool shades. Watch the video and try this exercise yourself to see what you can create.
Starting A Painting
Playing with Colour, Value, and Collage In An Abstract Art
Expressive Painting: How To Love The Accident and Still Maintain Control
Finding Your Next Best Painting in 3 Easy Steps
Create Your BEST Paintings with These Simple DIY Shapes
The best art relies on great design. So how do you ensure the design in your abstract painting is strong? In this video, I show you step by step a great tip for finding strong design ideas for abstract paintings using work you already have. I’ll show you how to create your own unique shapes and then demonstrate how you can use these to generate ideas for future work.
Overcome the Overwhelm When Starting A Painting with this Simple Process
One of the biggest problems that stops artists from beginning is a feeling of overwhelm. When faced with a blank canvas, the options seem endless and terrifying: where do I even start? What if I end up with something hideous? How do I know what to paint at all? This video will give you 2 techniques for getting started when you have a new canvas, that are fast and effective and will help to kickstart your creative process so that you can begin your painting easily and with beautiful and exciting results.
Mastering Subtle Texture in Your Painting with White Paint and Glazes: Tips and Techniques
In this video, I'll be sharing my top tips for creating beautiful, subtle texture in your paintings using white paint and glazes. By using a light touch with these tips and techniques you can achieve subtle and nuanced effects that elevate your work. I'll also be sharing my go-to technique for harmonizing colors. These techniques create a visually striking effect that pulls your painting together and makes it feel cohesive. I hope this video inspires you to experiment with these techniques in your own artwork!
My Top Tips For Building Incredible Texture In Your Work
The BEST 6 TIPS on How To Get Started with Abstract Art
Create Beautiful Abstract Artwork with Harmonious Colour and Simple Shapes
How to Create a Painting By Playing with Acrylic Paint and Dry Media
The best way to find ideas for paintings is through play. Playing with materials and discovering new effects and then responding to what you see developing in front of you is my painting process. Watch this video as I demonstrate this intuitive process of finding a painting through play. See how long it takes before an idea starts to emerge and I find my direction, and then watch as I fine-tune the painting to finish it.
How to Paint Abstract Flowers - Without a brush!
In this demonstration you will see how to create a beautiful abstract painting giving the SENSE of flowers bobbing in a breeze. My goal is to create interesting shapes of saturated colour with depth and complexity that suggests a floral form, but has the feeling of freedom and spaciousness. Using paint in layers, pencil and ink along with a palette knife and colour shapers beautiful effects can be created - watch and then try it for yourself.
Producing A Group of Paintings Together Makes The BEST Artwork
If I could tell you the ONE thing that improved my work the most - this is it. Working on a group of paintings together improves results because what you learn in one painting can be directly applied to others.
In this video, I show you how I do this by using 5 paintings in mid-process to demonstrate how ideas can be applied to multiple works and how my paintings took big leaps forward as a result.
How to prevent getting lost when creating abstract art
When creating abstract artwork the most common problem people encounter is getting stuck - losing direction - not knowing how to finish. Having a simple roadmap and understanding what to focus on at the various stages of a painting means you never get lost, because you always know which Stage you’re at and what your intention is. In this video I demonstrate how I navigated my way through the painting process to finally finish my painting.
The Mystery of Intuitive painting with Collage and Paint
Follow the journey as I develop a painting using Collage and Paint. Intuitive painting is an allegory for LIFE - we start without knowing where we will end up, but one step leads to another and then another and then the next. Watch as I start this journey with some brown and blue paint and see where I end up.
