Just thought I'd give you a quick update regarding my rendering skills. I have been following a book by a great realism artist called, Mark Crilley because I want my painting to be grounded in realism. I've tried the slap dash, anything will go and hope for some happy accidents approach, but it doesn't give me any sense of satisfaction.
I'm following the exercises in the book and I'm pretty happy with my efforts. One of the exercises was to take a photo of a piece of toast with a dollop of jam on it. Now some people may think it silly to be painting everyday things like pieces of toast, but it doesn't half get the creative juices flowing.
Anyway, we don't have rasberry jam in our house, so I took a picture of my toast with a dollop of marmalade on it. I printed it out and over the next couple of days I painted it using the techniques in Mark's book. Here is the result.
By the way, I'm pleased to let my followers know that I have a free book offer on today and tomorrow (25th and 26th Feb 2016)
It is called, "No Fishing In Here" and is a collection of 12 short stories to stir up the emotions. Some of the stories are sad while some are very funny. If you look at the list of books I have written you will noticed that many of them have a fishing theme, this one doesn't but can still be enjoyed by anglers.
To get your free download, click on the books tab at the top of the page then click on the book cover.
I hope you enjoy it.
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