Susan’s Blog & News

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...

FINAL STAGE OF HOW TO #PAINT IN WATERCOLOR; SALLY HOLMES ROSE STUDY

HOW TO FINE TUNE A #WATERCOLOR #PAINTING Here we are at the final stage of this Sally Holmes #watercolor rose study We will concentrate on the differences in the #background. You will see I have two different examples of the background. One is lighter and more gentle....