Select Page
Search
Generic filters
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Filter by Content Type
Posts
Pages
Products
Filter by Categories
Art
Article
Education
Event
Inspiration
Interview
Review

TODAY'S FEATURED POST

A Bit About Blending

Vanessa Lemen

Some notes and tips inspired by observations made while teaching oil painting I've noticed a lot of times when students' paintings become muddy-looking that it not only has to do with accurate (or inaccurate) color mixing and observation, but it has a lot to do with application as well. In classes, we go over observation of color, the mixing of pigment, and application of paint to the surface. Lately, it's come up that though students…

READ MORE

EVERYDAY ORIGINAL

Painting Irises

YESTERDAY’S POST

Image

Process and Progress

Allen Williams

June 24, 2022 - Since I am knee deep in NDA work at the moment I will take this opportunity to post some progress shots of two of my latest oil paintings. This all began with linen mounted to board. The square piece is on acrylic primed linen on board from Trekell Art Supplies. The vertical piece was an odd shape so I watched the most excellent video on Howard Lyon's Patreon about mounting linen with Beva Conservation Film and that really worked out well.  I would greatly advise joining Howard's Patreon when you have the opportunity.   Here is the Beva film which is a heat adhesive created specifically for conservation mounting and restoration so its fairly easy to apply with a good iron. It can be removed and/or repositioned with heat as…

READ MORE

POSTS BY CATEGORY

ART

ARTICLES

EDUCATION

EVENTS

INSPIRATION

INTERVIEWS

REVIEWS

RECENT COMMENTS

Recent Comments

ABOUT MUDDY COLORS

Muddy Colors is a collective of more than 20 artists, dedicated to providing a free, online resource for aspiring and professional artists alike.

With a library of thousands of articles, and a new one being posted each day, Muddy Colors is the largest educational website dedicated to the Fantastic Arts.

SUPPORT US ON PATREON

We are using Patreon as an opportunity to ask our readers for support in our endeavors.

These funds will be used to provide better content for our readers, maintain website expenses, and support aspiring artists through Muddy Colors programs and scholarships.