Valentine’s day and roses. What a perfect combination.
I love roses. And I had wanted to learn to paint roses from the very first decorative painting class I joined. I think I made my teacher laugh!
When I started teaching, I only taught roses as a second class…but for a couple of enthusiastic students, I broke [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Roses’
Roses for your Valentine
Painting on a canvas
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 [...]
Making your new painting old
Items that you have decorated by painting may actually become family heirlooms and why not, after the love and care you put into painting it, right? It may actually get a chance to look really old like an heirloom should be or, you can actually make it look old, like an heirloom, right now!
One of [...]
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 [...]
Have you been practicing your roses?
Everything you put in to learn a new painting technique is an investment – your time, the fees you pay, the brushes and paint you are collecting etc.
To make sure your investment is worthwhile, you have to practice the techniques you learn by painting on your own or with another fellow painter when you [...]
