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Is it OK to Wash Acrylics Down the Drain?

June 30, 2019 By Jacqueline Hill

Learn how to clean brushes while keeping the environment safe, and your house plumbing intact

Protected: Intermediate Watercolour

June 21, 2019 By Kyla Bagnall

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Protected: Learn to Paint Oils Level 1 – Lesson 1

October 18, 2018 By Jacqueline Hill

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I had a question from one of my art students today: I see lots of things around that are lovely to draw – a statue, some street art or graffiti, a design on a piece of material etc, but at what point is it “cheating” to use these ideas in your own work? Or is […]

How to Photograph Your Artworks

August 27, 2017 By Jacqueline Hill

For small card size, a good phone camera shot that’s square on to the painting is fine. For poster size you would need a good camera and have it on a tripod. For anything bigger, or for great quality limited edition reproductions I would recommend outsourcing to a professional fine art house that specialises in […]

Making Colour Sing with Complementary Colours

August 13, 2017 By Jacqueline Hill

The way to know how to make colour sing is by knowing about the colour wheel and how complementary colours work. Here is a tutorial to understand the secrets of complementary colours. You’ll be making colour sing in your artworks in no time! If you know how to use complementary colours, you can mix any […]

Keeping Your Brushes Safe From Attack

August 6, 2017 By Jacqueline Hill

Hopefully you already have your brushes in a way that keeps the bristles in nice shape, but doesn’t allow mildew to grow. Brush wallets are the perfect solution and one of my favourite ways to store my brushes safely not just for myself ( one pack for each medium. all clearly labelled) but also for […]

Glazing with Acrylics

July 30, 2017 By Jacqueline Hill

What is Glazing – Why Use it? Glazing can really add some zing to your paintings. It is amazing the difference it can make. Glazing consists of thin, transparent layers of colour laid over the top of one another so you end up seeing glassy depth to the surface. When you add glazing layers to […]

Two Great Acrylic Mediums

July 23, 2017 By Jacqueline Hill

My two favourite mediums that I use come from the Atelier Interactive range. I quite like that range because it is designed to “stay open longer”. This means that if you spray the paint with a light fine mist of water then the paint stays wet and “open”, ready for blending. I really like the […]