Bill Alexander and Diane Andre Discuss the Advantages of the Wet-on-Wet Technique. Today Diane and Bill continue to talk about the wet-on-wet technique while Diane shows us how to create a beautiful mountain range. She talks about how she used to take 5-6 hours to paint a mountain range just like the one she paints for us today. The thick, dry paint is really the key. … [Read more...]
Brush cleaning – the safe way
"I watched the clean your brushes video and wanted to know if that formula is ONLY for the final cleaning or can it be used while cleaning the brush WHILE painting a picture? Do I still use mineral spirits to clean my brush during the painting process? Thank you" -- K. We get this question a lot. There is a short answer and a longer answer that addresses a lot of … [Read more...]
It’s about time!
In 1841 a portrait painter and tinkerer, John Golf Rand, invented the collapsible artist's paint tube. I've read that Renoir said, "Without tubes of paint, there would have been no Impressionism." Really? Like most stuff you read on the Internet, those types of "quotes" remind me of that game of "Gossip" we played as kids. Go ahead, google Renoir's quote and see what pops … [Read more...]