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Doug Swinton
Jun 9, 20204 min read
10 Things Artists Can Do During Downtime
Besides social distancing.
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Doug Swinton
May 9, 20204 min read
If You’re Thinking, Your Art is Stinking!
5 Steps to Get Into an Optimal Painting Flow
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Doug Swinton
Apr 9, 20205 min read
5 ways to improve yourself and your art.
It's not all about education, but some knowledge can help.
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Doug Swinton
Mar 10, 20205 min read
10 Things About Painting Skies
by Doug Swinton The most common problem in landscape painting has to do with the sky. For example, when a painting seems dark, dreary or...
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Doug Swinton
Feb 10, 20202 min read
100 Ways To Practice Golf - ehm - Painting
After a hearty laugh over how a book about golf could possibly pertain to art, I listened to his explanation. I was instantly convinced.
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Doug Swinton
Jan 10, 20206 min read
9 Ways Photos Lie to a Painter
The devil is in the details.
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Doug Swinton
Dec 10, 20192 min read
Self Critique - Asking the right questions about your painting.
Good questions are the key to solving painting problems.
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Doug Swinton
Nov 10, 20194 min read
10 Things About Painting Values
Value does all the work; Colour gets all the credit.
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Doug Swinton
Sep 9, 20192 min read
10 Things About Painting Shadows
The Shadow Knows...
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Doug Swinton
Aug 13, 20195 min read
10 Things About Painting With Green
Green is the trickiest colour to control.
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Doug Swinton
Jul 9, 20194 min read
Why Drawing is Essential For Painters
You need to be able to draw to paint well.
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Doug Swinton
Jun 9, 20193 min read
10 Things I Know About Framing
Frame your art for success.
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Doug Swinton
Apr 9, 20193 min read
7 Ways To Give Your Painting Dimension
Value, Temperature, Chroma, Perspective, Texture...
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Doug Swinton
Apr 9, 20193 min read
4 Types of Light To Consider When Painting
There is a never-ending array of possibilities for how light affects the world. You may be using indoor lighting and controlling it...
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Doug Swinton
Apr 9, 20197 min read
The difference between an Artist Statement, a Bio and a CV
All that social media and tweety stuff is hard to sort out. Let’s not go down that path today.
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Doug Swinton
Apr 9, 20197 min read
10 Painting Rules & When To Break Them
by Doug Swinton Some people will tell you that rules in art shouldn’t exist and that art needs to be free, expressive, loose and...
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Doug Swinton
Mar 10, 20194 min read
10 things to consider before taking a reference photo for your painting.
“bad reference photo equals bad painting”.
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Doug Swinton
Mar 10, 20195 min read
Step-by-Step Guide to Mixing Colour
1. Hue 2. Bias 3. Value 4. Chroma
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Doug Swinton
Feb 10, 20194 min read
Creative Vision
Artists have long been associated with having mystical abilities and a unique way of perceiving the world
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Doug Swinton
Jan 10, 20193 min read
10 Things About Red
First employed in prehistoric cave paintings, Red Ochre is one of the oldest pigments used in art and is still widely used today.
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