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Art Tips and Tricks

Sri Rajes’ fourth art tips-and-tricks lesson is not about how to paint flowers but How to Paint Sea Themes. She uses a unique 3D style and all kinds of natural materials to create lots of different sea-themed paintings. This way of creating art works most reminds of childhood playfulness. Love it, hope you do to!

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When you are done with the painting session, you must snap the lid on tightly. Then to save paint – you put it into the freezer. When you want to paint next time, just pull out the container with paints about 20 minutes before you need them. The paint will be soft. I have reused paint like this after 6 months.

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The third lesson in Show Me How to Paint Flowers series by Sri Rajes, an artist from Singapore, will teach you how to paint simple but neat silver flowers. As always, you are more than welcome to comment on this lesson, add suggestions, ask questions and let us all know how this technique turned out for you.

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How to make your own color wheel

by Daria on September 2, 2009

in Art Tips and Tricks

How to make a Color wheel: Begin your color study by creating a color wheel. Use a canvas sheet. The paints you will need are: Lemon Yellow, True Red, Not a cadmium Red, but something closer to magenta, and True Blue, Blue like Ultramarine Blue. These colors are called your Primary Colors. Remember, when mixing colors begin…

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Here’s the second lesson in How to Paint Flowers series of lessons by Singaporean artist Sri Rajes who is kind enough to share her art tips and tricks with you. You’re more than welcome to try them out and leave the comments, questions, ideas and let us know about the results you achieve while using Sri Rajes’ technique.

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