Colored Pencils Tip – Have you tried the Romantic Rose project featured in The Decorative Painter issue #4 2012? The piece was painted using the product Gamsol.
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Yearly Archives: 2012
Sweet Nectar
New Oils Piece – 2 days
Oils Seminar – Music City Oils Guild, Nashville, TN – June 21-23, 2013
Contact – Al Bray at ajsj098@comcast.net
I am in the process of desining a new colored pencil piece and would like to have your input.
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Tips for colored pencils, oils and acrylics
Colored Pencils Tips and Techniques
I like holding my pencil at a 45 degree angle, except if I need to get inside a crevice of the paper. In that case, I hold the pencil at a 90 degree angle.
To release some of the pressure on your surface,
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Varnishing
Varnishing
Acrylics and Oil Paintings
I varnish acrylics and oil paintings with JW Etc.’s Right Step Clear Varnish using a 3/4 inch Loew Cornell 7600 La Corneille Filbert Mop. I let it dry 30 minutes between each coat of varnish.
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Birds, Flowers, Still Lifes, and Portraits
Painting birds is one of my passions, whether it’s in oils, acrylics or
colored pencils. Below are samples of the last bird I painted in each medium.
colored pencils. Below are samples of the last bird I painted in each medium.
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Hellebore
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Hellebore Oils
Giomar’s Orchid Colored Pencils
2 to 3 days
Class 102, Tuesday 8 am to 12 pm
This is the picture of one of the classes I am teaching at the Artist Expo convention this year.…
Hellebore
Click on picture for larger view.
Hellebore Oils
Giomar’s Orchid Colored Pencils
2 to 3 days
Class 102, Tuesday 8 am to 12 pm
This is the picture of one of the classes I am teaching at the Artist Expo convention this year.…
Yesterday Sweets
Pattern Packets Additional Information
I have 110 different pattern packets which are taking too much space in my studio. Most designs are still in stock but a few are in limited supply. Once gone the patterns will not be printed again unless it is for a seminar or convention. Any leftover from seminars or conventions will be placed at the website.
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