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Avoid Over-Blending

SharePin1KEmailTweet1K Shares (Get free painting tips and plein air painting techniques sent straight to your inbox or on my social media.) What is Over Blending? Over blending is what occurs when you mix your paint too...

Impasto

SharePin51EmailTweet51 Shares What is Impasto? Impasto means thick paint. From the Italian ‘impastare’ – to make paste. Using an impasto technique often leaves visible brush strokes in finished paintings. These...

Using Brushwork To Create Atmospheric Perspective

SharePin133EmailTweet133 Shares Two types of brushwork in atmospheric perspective After a most spectacular display of spring wildflowers in California, I spent a week camped out in the country trying to capture some of...