My 5 Favourite Colour Mixes!
Shhhhh……Don’t tell anyone. This is just between us. Here are 5 top secret colour mixes that you may not have tried, but if you do they...
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Doug Swinton
- Mar 26
- 4 min
7 Steps to paint with creative flow.
7 Steps to creative flow. Follow these steps and be free from overthinking placing you dead center in the creative zone.
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Doug Swinton
- Feb 9
- 3 min
5 kinds of block-in methods and when to use them.
See the video about these techniques here --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2HbNsqfUk8 Sometimes it is hard to get motivated after the...
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Doug Swinton
- Aug 9, 2021
- 5 min
Harmony in Art.
See, the full meal deal is; You want to have a funky painting with lots of eye-popping creativity, and yet you want harmony in there too.
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Doug Swinton
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
When I met Harley Brown.
At great risk of sounding like the fan-boy I am, I would like to acknowledge a very special artist, whose name is Harley Brown.
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Doug Swinton
- Jun 1, 2021
- 4 min
When to quit painting before this happens.
Knowing when to quit a painting can be like diffusing a bomb. One wrong move and the whole thing blows up before your eyes!
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Doug Swinton
- Jan 19, 2021
- 8 min
Top ten things you can do to improve your art.
If you want to take your art up a flight of stairs to the next level here are some ideas that will help get you there.
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Doug Swinton
- Dec 20, 2020
- 1 min
The History of Rudolph
Swinton's Holiday Newsletter As most of you who follow this newsletter know I have a thing for Santa paintings. As a kid, the night would...
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Doug Swinton
- Oct 30, 2020
- 5 min
10 things that offset the start of a painting.
The start of a painting is sooooo important. It sets you up for success. If your start is good the chances are, you will have a good...
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