Colour and Technique: January 2014

Q. What proportion of Meglip should I mix in with oil paints? I have read that 50/50 is about right but I am not sure. A. It depends on how severely you want to ruin your work as it is a disastrous substance. The manufacturers...

Colour and Technique: October 2012

Over the past series we have looked at some of the basics of color harmony and contrast. In this next series I want to answer some of the concerns that you have put to me about color use and technique. Click here to read the full newsletter. (UK/European version)...

Colour and Technique: June 2012

During art lessons we are often taught the importance of drawing, of perspective, composition, and subject matter. But seldom the importance of color. Many people stand before this painting for a very long time. Yet it has to be said that there is little evidence of...

Colour and Technique: August/September 2011

Continuing our examination of the various contrasts which are available to the artist. Of direct interest to the painter is the fact that a colour can appear brighter or be changed in some other way by a neighbouring colour or group of colours.  Click here to...

Colour and Technique: July 2011

Continuing our examination of the various contrasts which are available to the artist. Colours are frequently described as being of a certain temperature, whether hot, warm, cool or cold. Hues associated with fire and heat; reds,oranges and yellows, are often...