Hi and thank you for the friendly welcome. I love the concept with forums, the participation and social content in the sharing of knowledge. It really helps to get an objective critique, undistorted by emotion or personal bias, where others participate, often throwing up new answers and suggestions ...

I was thinking what would make this picture rise above the norm and take it up a level, and that would be trying to get the facial skin to glow. Getting the skin tones to glow has been a subject of challenge for artists for well over a century. But there have been artists who have set out to do this...

Older worker now retired and live in Australia. Have been painting for some thirty years. Went to technical colledges over a few years doing art certificates, then on to university doing a B.A.Visual Arts degree. Preferred and appreciated the technical schools over the university because of more dir...

It is coming into being, and will look better when you draw it up finer, and put in the relevant shadows, best done transparently and lightly by glazing. Moreover, the shadows around the body will indicate the lines of the arms and solidity, to a degree. Being acrylic you might be able to work the p...

Both have their uses and place whilst both broaden our expressions and capabilities. Acrylics developed because of a broad need for additional mediums; just as oil paints did at an earlier period in mankinds continuing development. They should be seen as additional materials of expression, (or an ad...

Thanks, I think we can confirm and establish much of the passage quoted above "The artist paints the world anew" etc., because of the connection across the arts with poetry, literature, music, theatre, film, etc., And what makes the greatest impact on us, is a new profound truth drawn out ...

The question boils down to the the role of art or similar, the relation of art to humans. Keeping in mind it is a complex, rich, and changing world. The earliest depictions of rock art (before cave art) was often a means of communicating something important or dangerous to humans, poisoned or good w...

I agree with the suggestion about the interaction of other colours which should bring it to life. You could try some ultramarine blue or a light purplish blue as well as an an emerald green which should work nicely. I am referring to the gray triangular spaces in the tiger. You have done it as a mod...

For the first time I have tried "oiling out" and made a mess of the artwork. What I did not understand was the oiling medium should be wiped off after applying, whereas, I let it dry for a couple of months. In consequence, it has produced a varnish finish thickened in some areas and not a ...