Week One video lesson free (while we iron out the bugs). Contact Leoni on: 0409 542 557. VIDEO HERE.
Painting the Portrait in Oils from Design to Completion. Learn from one of the most highly recognised portrait painters and teachers in Australia. POSTPONED.
Leoni has made the following tonal colour checker available to assist artists to match colour choices to a basic 5 value tonal scale. Click here to download and print this .png.
Are you struggling to understand how to start your painting in a strong and confident way that doesn't involve getting caught in the detail...
Watch for the next featured article on the Tonal Impressionist Approach to painting.
Established 10 years ago in 2008, our gallery has quickly become a hub of artistic activity and inspiration for established and emerging artists Read more...
Painting lace looks like a daunting task...all that detail! It would be easy to never attempt it...but it is really very simple when you know what you are looking for and then how to go about it.
This little article will help you get underway. Make yourself a good strong coffee...and lets get started...
In the absence of light there is nothing visible...but turn up the light a little and you will begin to see vague tonal shapes of things around you. We can categorize what we see in terms of ...
Stage 1.
The board was painted in 2 coats of storm blue pastel primer. To keep the lovely warm late summer sunlight in the painting and to keep the luminosity under the pale grasses on the hill I dissolved ochre yellows and oranges with white spirit to form the underpainting and block in the light areas of the composition against the rich blue of the board. Read more...
Saint-Aulaye, Dordogne, France. 26th July to 24th August 2014. Open 10am-12.30pm then 2pm to 7pm daily..... Read more...
