Keeping Acrylic Paints Workable: Because acrylics dry so fast, squeeze only a little paint out of a tube. If you’re using a ‘normal’ plastic palette invest in a spray bottle so you can spray a fine mist over the paint regularly to keep it moist. ‘Stay-wet’ palettes – where the paint sits on a sheet of wax paper place on [...]
I can across an article that described the use of a gesso ground for use with watercolour. Whilst this causes a few problems it also creates a number of opportunites not found when working on more traditional surfaces. Gesso is an acrylic based and therefore waterproof when dry, but is great for creating very smooth surfaces on mdf boards card [...]
This video is Part 2 in my series of video’s on How to Draw a Face. In this video I concentrate on showing teachers how to use light and shade to create a 3D portrait. Teachers in Primary School should be able to use these ideas with children from Year 3 (ages 7 and 8) upwards who should be capable [...]
I have just uploaded to Youtube this video Part 1: How to Draw a Face – Proportion. It is intended for teachers in PrimarySchools who are responsible for delivering art lessons. I have tried to show how to engage children by getting them to measure their own faces before they start drawing. Hopefully, the video will prove useful, I’d appreciate [...]