Painting Water Drops with Herdin Radtke – Art Tuition Video No.297

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Pat Harrison

Today I have selected Herdin Radtke´s video preview to his painting tutorial in which he explains a number of his special painting techniques. 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.

Hope you will enjoy my choice of the day.

You will find more of my seascape paintings when you click here. Originals and limited edition prints are available upon enquiry.

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How to embrace oil paints – Video No.296

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Pat Harrison


In this 28 minute painting video Florent Farges explains why you should not be afraid of embracing oil paints. He points out the advantages of oil paints and discusses the reservations some people have.

Following a 10 minute introduction during which he points out the advantages of oils, Florent shows us how to paint a human eye.

Hope you like my choice of the day.

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Devon Art Society – Online Summer Exhibition 2020

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Pat Harrison

painting by Pat Harrison aka Rainer HillebrandRecently the Devon Art Society´s summer exhibition was held at St. Annes Hall, Babbacombe.

Due to Covid19 restrictions our art society decided to display some of the works online as well. Here is a link to the website.

There were hundreds of paintings on display at the exhibition. The artists showed new works covering classical themes such as floral, still-life, figurative and landscape as well as seascape subject matters and some abstracts too.

The Devon Art Society of Torquay has a long tradition of exhibiting and selling high quality paintings since 1912 when some of the greatest artists of their times were among the founder members.

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Graeme Stevenson presents Artists via ZOOM – Art Tuition Video No.295

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Pat Harrison

In these times of limited mobility due to Covid19 travel restrictions Graeme Stevenson has taken to ZOOM to continue his presentations of international artists. We can all be grateful for this technology which allows us to keep in touch with friends and which opens up new horizons in education and beyond.

In this episode Graeme introduces artist Celia Moriarty who paints realistic flowers in acrylic.

Graeme´s youtube channel holds numerous highly educational videos presenting renowned artists from all over the world.

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Artist Eric Armusik meets Devon Art Society

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Pat Harrison

Artist Eric Armusik met members of Devon Art Society via ZOOM the other day. He talked about his work, answered questions and demonstrated some of his techniques.

Eric Armusik lives in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. His first experiences with art were staring at the walls and ceilings at church on Sundays. The traditions and academic realism of Catholic religious paintings and artwork made a permanent impression that continues to influence his work today.

In 1991, Eric attended Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a B. F. A. in painting. In 1995 he received the Margaret Giffen Shoenfelder Memorial Scholarship for the Arts and finished his art history minor abroad for a semester in Todi, Italy.

During his art classes there he drew from original paintings, architecture and sculptures by the old masters such as Michaelangelo, Bernini, Caravaggio, Rubens and Donatello. The rare opportunity to study masterworks by Baroque painters Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi had a profound effect on the quality of his work and focused the inspiration he experienced as a child.

Eric has since won many awards and has been represented in galleries and museums in Europe and the USA.

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Koekkoek Painters at B.C. Koekkoek Museum Cleves 2020

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Pat Harrison

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artist Peter Kempf
artist Pat Harrison
some of Peter´s works
some of my paintings

On Sunday Sept.13 my friend Peter and I went to hold a painting demonstration at the Koekkoek Museum in Cleves. It was our fifth year to have been invited to exhibit and sell our works.

Peter and I painted live recreating works inspired by B.C.Koekkoek. We have been dubbed “The Koekkoek Painters” by the curator of the Museum. The photos above give you a glimpse of the show with paintings from miniatures to large-scale canvases.

The number of visitors was down compared with previous years due to the Covid restrictions compelling everyone to wear masks and the beautiful weather which people preferred to enjoy outdoors.

You will find more of my Koekkoek inspired landscape paintings when you click here. Originals and limited edition prints are available upon enquiry.

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Koekkoek Painters at B.C. Koekkoek House Cleves 2020

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Pat Harrison

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On Sunday Sept.13 my friend Peter and I will be holding a painting demonstration at the Koekkoek Museum in Cleves. It will be our fifth year to have been invited to exhibit and sell our works.

Peter and I will be painting live recreating works inspired by B.C.Koekkoek. We have been dubbed “The Koekkoek Painters” by the curator of the Museum. The photos above give you a glimpse of the show with paintings from miniatures to large-scale canvases.

We are hoping to see a number of visitors come to the museum despite the Covid restrictions compelling us to wear masks.

You will find more of my Koekkoek inspired landscape paintings when you click here. Originals and limited edition prints are available upon enquiry.

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River with Rocks and Trees – Acrylic Step 2

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Pat Harrison

In a previous post I showed you the sketch of this acrylic painting with water cascading over some rocks. After blocking in the essential darks with raw umber you can now see the rocks and trees.

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.

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River with Rocks and Trees – Acrylic Step 1

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Pat Harrison

As a regular visitor to Devon and Cornwall I get to see so many beautiful places. The river Plym has inspired me to this painting. Not having had enough time to paint on location I decided to work from photogrpahs. As the photo was too dark for my liking I modified it on my computer and prepared a sketch. As the eye prefers to move from left to right I changed the river´s direction accordingly. I also lit up the background especially at the point of the golden mean to create more depth.

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.

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Painting Roses with Herdin Radtke – Art Tuition Video No.294

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Pat Harrison

Today I have selected Herdin Radtke´s video preview to his painting tutorial on how to paint roses. 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 where he still owns a house. 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.

Hope you will enjoy my choice of the day.

You will find more of my seascape paintings when you click here. Originals and limited edition prints are available upon enquiry.

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