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So how did we do in 2017?
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It’s been a while, but due to a number of factors including the construction of my daughters wedding dress, I haven’t put brush to canvas for a while. So… a quick fun project to get back into the swing, I’ve just completed a painting for 2 lovely ladies who do a lot of work with…
Colour mixing for skin tones
I’ve created this video to accompany the portrait demonstrations I intend to do while we’re all having to stay indoors. I’ve chosen basic colours to mix skin tone, colours which you should hopefully already have if you’ve got acrylics or oils in your paint box. Using these 5 colours you can mix a vast array…
Happy Christmas 2016
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Amazing painting
Absolutely fabulous, Jackie. Really beautiful painting.