Tips and Tricks: December

A loose and impressionistic Floral Design for December

Here’s a new Tips and Tricks video for you to brighten up your day.

Flowers are always a popular subject for teaching as they seem to speak to everyone but it’s sometimes tricky to find a new way of expressing their characteristics. This poppy was originally a watercolour lesson, one that I hope to repeat as it was very well received but I had been chatting to some of my students recently about using one subject in multiple ways.

I often get the idea for a technique before deciding on a subject and wanted to share some Pan Pastel skills with you so thought I would attempt it again on Pastelmat and here is the result. Enjoy the video and let me know how you have got on with painting a similar subject, either by commenting below or by tagging @aliboardartist on social media.

Please note, there is no audio for this video, just lovely relaxing music for you to enjoy.

See you soon, Ali

 
 

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A few examples of what you can find to treat yourselves too:

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