Category Archives: Art for Enjoyment

In Art for Enjoyment we have been painting portraits, so I thought that I would show some pictures of how I gesso millboard in preparation for acrylic.  

Just before Christmas I introduced my students to screen-printing, showing them how to process and print from a silk screen. Once you have an image that you are happy with (it’s worth spending time on this) it’s surprising how quickly a print can be created.  This print was created in under two hours whilst teaching […]

In the last two lessons we have been exploring and experimenting with watercolours. The important thing to remember when using watercolours is to work from light to dark, mix strong colours and plenty of colour!  There are various ways or using watercolour; working wet into wet, or allowing washes to dry thoroughly between each wash […]

I love teaching my art classes in Wateringbury and Kings Hill in Kent.  We have been experimenting with acrylics and following on from creating a textured background, I have painted flowers and foliage loosely using a hog hair paintbrush. I have used crimson, lemon yellow, cobalt blue and white acrylic to create this palette of […]

Method This week in our Kent art classes we started the Paint gesso onto board method using a wide brush (decorating brush); using the gesso fairly thickly, paint with broken brush strokes. Once it is dry, wash over it with watered down acrylic colour. If the colour is too strong allow to dry and wash […]