Sometime back, I developed a penchant for painting on canvas instead of the usual MDF or wood items I had been used to.
It all started one day when I realised that I didn’t have time to basecoat an MDF item to paint a new project in class with my students. I thought of painting on [...]
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Painting on a canvas
You can paint anything your heart desires..
Nina has painted with me since 2004 and its always fun painting with her. She always paints with a purpose. Once she wanted to paint a plaque for her chef husband for his birthday, so I taught her how to faux finish a woodgrain on an MDF plaque then decoupaged the picture of a chef [...]
Painting Ostrich Eggs
One of the most unique surfaces you can paint on are ostrich eggs. Yes, ostrich eggs! Of course, first you need to prepare the egg – make a hole at the bottom end of the egg where there is a "soft spot", empty the contents, clean the insides, dry, then seal the opening. You guessed [...]
