Here is an interesting article telling you about the advantages of viewing art online. It is surprising how much there is in its favour not only at times like these.
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Today I have chosen a demonstration which shows us how to use your mobile phone to transfer a picture onto your painting surface.
While the old masters employed the tools of their time such as the camera lucida or the even older camera obscura why shouldn´t we do the same and use what is available to us today. It is not cheating as the artist still has to get the composition, the colour harmony, and the story right to speak to the viewer.
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I am happy to say that I have been presented with the Palm Art Merit Award 2020.
The jury has granted this prize in recognition of the excellent artistic quality and originality of the works submitted. It also expresses the special appreciation of the continued quality of the works of art.
The award was first installed in 2002 and has gone to artists from all over the world since. The jury awards prizes in various categories selected from a limited number of nominees. These are preselected from all the competition entries which can be handed in between January and October.
A new production introducing the New Zealand painter Susan Harrison-Tustain has been shown on German tv in English with German subtitles. Susan is known for her wonderful portraits and floral paintings in oils and watercolours. In this 25 minute production Susan produces on one of her famous works.
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In my series of films on a German tv channel I present artists belonging to AERA the Association Embracing Realist Art. The films are being broadcast several times a month. Members have their work put in front of a wide audience. German subtitles are added where necessary to make it accessible to viewers who are less fluent in English. The productions are not only shown on the German TV channel several times over but they have also been entered into the station´s free public media library.
Furthermore Zattoo offer a live stream for subscribers in Europe. You can register for free. It will give you access to 89 tv channels. One of them is NRWision which features our AERA programmes several times a month.
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Today I have chosen Kevin Hill who demonstrates which brush to use for what purpose effectively.
This 18 minute video shows Kevin painting trees, mountains, rocks and bushes. The techniques will work in oils and acrylics.
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In this 38 min video Andrew Tischler tells us how to paint a portrait. His techniques cover toning the canvas, gridding to transfer the reference to the canvas and mixing skin tones.
You can always jump forward if you haven´t got the time to watch all of the video. You can also speed up the playback speed.
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Today I have selected Herdin Radtke´s video preview to his painting tutorial on how to paint a river landscape. Herdin is a professional artist who holds workshops online and in person. Here you can order the corresponding DVD.
He has toured the world from a young age from Munich to Rome and later to Spain living next door to Salvador Dali for six years.
Herdin also spent many years in France. Today he lives in his native country Germany. He teaches oil painting in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France with the occasional trip to Marocco. Herdin has developed a special approach to blending oils allowing his students to achieve very encouraging results in a single course.
If you are interested please contact Herdin. Being a well-travelled veteran of the arts world he speaks several languages including English so by all means write to him.
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In this time lapse speed painting video Victor Yushkevich paints a river bend in about 20 minutes. It is fascinating to see how he develops depth in his painting with trees sloping up a steep hill. He captures the morning mystery extremely well. Enjoy the painting process without words and listen to the background music.
The technique will work in oils and acrylics. You may come across one or two short adverts but the painting process will be well worth it. You can always jump forward if you haven´t got the time to watch all of the video.
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I have been very busy recently with friends setting up online painting classes as Covid makes life more and more difficult for everyone.
It is now time to continue my story which I started in a previous post showing you the sketch of this acrylic painting with water cascading over some rocks. After blocking in we are now adding some basic colours. Marks are made with a worn out brush.
I will show you the next steps during the coming weeks.
The painting is in acrylics on wood size 40 x 50 cm.
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
You will find more of my landscape and seascape paintings and an enlarged view when you click here. The original and limited edition prints are available upon enquiry.
In this 24 minute video Graeme Stevenson presents the acrylic artist Jeanette Sellwood. Jeanette shows us how to paint portraits and create impressive figurative works.
Graeme himself has visited and interviewed artists around the world to present them on Australian tv. We have a cooperation for a German tv channel. Graeme has granted me permission to translate his interviews so that his films can be shown on my monthly programmes in Germany.
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Judges Award DAS 2013
Centenary Award 2018
Palm Art Award Nominee 2018
Palm Art Award Prize 2019
Palm Art Award Nominee 2020
English with German subtitles
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