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HOW TO GAIN CONFIDENCE AND COURAGE IN YOUR PAINTING SKILLS

HOW TO GAIN CONFIDENCE AND COURAGE IN YOUR PAINTING SKILLS When it comes to self-doubt - you are not alone! It is rare to meet an artist with absolute and supreme confidence in their painting skills. Painting is challenging and if we want to grow our...

Newsletter – May 2017

May 2017 Welcome to you all! Since my last newsletter I have been busy painting towards my major October exhibition. There never seem to be enough hours in each day to achieve all I want to. Nevertheless, I am loving the challenge of incorporating 24...

HOW TO CREATE SHADOWS THAT DANCE WITH COLOR

#FREE ART LESSON: HOWTO #PAINT #HAIR

FREE ART LESSON HINTS AND TIPS: HOW TO PAINT HAIR #HOW TO #PAINT #REALISTIC #HAIR My blog posts are a great place to learn some of my invaluable #hints and #tips for #painting. Often the information I share will relate to any medium. If you would like to...

#PAINTING : WATCH THE MAGIC OF THE FIVE KEY ELEMENTS AT WORK

LEARN HOW YOU CAN FINE TUNE YOUR PAINTINGS USING THE FIVE KEY ELEMENTS When #teaching #artworkshops and on my #paintingDVDs and #downloads I find one of the most valuable #artlessons I can teach involve understanding the power of the five key elements...

#FREE #ART #LESSON: HOW TO SEE AND PAINT THE SUBTLETIES IN A #WATERCOLOR #PAINTING

HOW TO CAPTURE THE BEAUTY AND SERENITY OF A SCENE IN WATERCOLOR Painting iS not that difficult. By far and away the most important thing is to paint something that has meaning - a work that has something to say about the subject. Take a close look at my...

#PAINTING LUMINOUS #COLORS IN #WATERCOLOR

Facebook Painting Challenge 6/7 #PAINTING CHALLENGE AND #FREE #PAINTINGLESSON 6th of 7 day Facebook painting challenge Hamilton #Watercolor by Susan Harrison-Tustain This is the sixth painting in my seven day challenge I have written another #freepainting...

HOW TO CREATE A COMPOSITION THAT SPEAKS TO THE VIEWERS OF YOUR WORK – Free art lesson

FREE PAINTING LESSON: HOW TO CREATE A COMPOSITION THAT SPEAKS TO THE VIEWERS OF YOUR WORK. 'Liberty' Watercolor painting by Susan Harrison-Tustain www.susanart.com Doris Joa nominated me to a painting challenge on Facebook. I need to post a painting each day for 7...

Newsletter: December 2016

New oil on 24 Carat Gold and Palladium Painting

Oil on 24 carat gold and palladium leaf – poplar panel. Here are my final tweaks on this pre-study: – Golden eggs lay secure in the kingfisher nest – Russet, yellow, orange and green leaves are carried on an Autumnal breeze behind Alice – And finally I have softened...