Category: learning
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Happy new year – trying out some textured art
We saw some lovely textured art paintings that were quite expensive the and thought I could do that. So have been looking at buying some modelling paste to wanting to try out textured art and at $30 for 250ml decided to wait to boxing day sales. Reading up about this the lower quality paste can…
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Getting back into a painting habit
When I first got into painting I was so excited to use my new paints and kits I used to paint every day. I quit Facebook for a year and it was easy to find time after dinner I would paint my family of the food. But life got busy, travel, then the sales to…
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2024 review of travellers notebooks and styles
Looking back at my notebooks in 2024 here’s a round up if the different styles and types of notebooks I’ve enjoyed the most and for the different styles and modes of travelling. The more time I have and using a reference I’m able to achieve a more realistic and detailed painting. But I’ve been trying…
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A little bit of shimmer makes everything magic
I had fun playing with some mica powder today. I had picked up some from temu last year and I’ve been meaning to experiment with adding it to ink to see if I could make my own shimmer ink. On my last trip to Japan I had picked up a few shimmer inks so I…
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From the vault: first canvas oil paintings plein air
So it turns out that I have tried oil painting before and plein air nonetheless. I recall I was chosen to go to a special interschool workshop where we learnt the basics and then went to the pond to paint plein air. I was really into impressionism at the time and imagined painting like Monet’s…
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Learning perspective from the vault
So looking through my old visual art diaries from school I realised that we had learnt perspective. I recall being quite confused when I first heard of but now I can see how it can be quite powerful. I would love to try this out again to see if I can learn it properly again.…
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Pastels series from the vault
More pictures from the vault – year 9 or 10 art classes this time all in oil pastel. This is a great medium when learning to draw and to transition from pencil to paint because you Most of these I’m just drawing what I see and testing out the medium. Testing out the metallic oil…
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From the vault – art classes
I recently had to clear out my childhood home and found all my old school books and visual art diaries and had given up art in my senior years to take on more science classes. Even in uni I had dabbled with it but with life, family, kids I had completely forgotten this part of…
Rachel Fong Art 