Month: November 2011

In this class, students could choose to have a subject or not in their paintings. The idea was to loosen up and move away from realism. I think they did a wonderful job! Enjoy. Check out my art courses! 

Delighted to share with you some paintings done by my students  … Check out my art courses! 

The first part of the video shows the paint pouring happening in steps. In the last half of the video, I explain in more detail the process. Additional note: many of the gloss mediums when poured over top of a finished painting, make cracking a crazing effects as they dry. If you don’t mind the extra texture, this can be great. However, if you want a truly smooth shiny finish, it is better to put the final varnish on in layers with a brush. Be careful not to keep brushing it as it dries, or it may go cloudy. Check out my art courses! 

I’m sure you will share the delight in the colours and shapes of these organic subjects. Wonderful student paintings! Check out my art courses! 

Here’s part 1 of the video. And here’s part 2 … just click to start it.   Check out my art courses! 

Collage means ‘to glue’. In this class the students got creative with texture, words, and so much more! Enjoy. Check out my art courses!   

Wonderfully diverse landscape paintings done by my art students! Enjoy. Check out my art courses!   

This video features 36 of Cheryl O’s paintings. Enjoy the diversity in subject and techniques. Check out my art courses!   

This drawing was done with soft conte and watercolour on terraskin paper. Soft charcoal on any very smooth surfaced drawing paper will give similar results. This is a fun way to work – any unwanted lines can often be wiped away. Shading is fast and easy by scribbling some lines and then smearing them (minute 1:43). If you feel in the end that some colour would enhance the drawing, watercolour or fluid acrylic can be placed on top. Do this with a light touch and a minimal of stirring to avoid over graying of the colour as it mixes with the charcoal. Check out my art courses! 

Using the same dried textured gesso and pouring colour techniques (see Acrylic Paint Effects video), I created a background. It spoke to me of a winter landscape with distant mountains. Notice how I used the same colours that I had poured to define the snow edges and hint at the mountains. Near the end, the sky felt too busy to me and so I smoothed it over, still leaving some of the original colour pour showing through in certain areas. A pre-coloured background can help ensure a good colour harmony in the final work, if you are careful to have lots of that colour showing through in the final painting. Check out my art courses!