Welcome to my Blog. Finding your way around the first stage. When you open it up you will see an image of the painting of Pilot Bay in Tauranga NZ.
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Roll down to a brief introduction beside a painting of Bowentown, a little spot nearby in the Bay of Plenty.
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Skip past ‘Some of my paintings, process & comments’. We will come back to them. There is a short video on Painting Fine lines and Detailing to check out.
To the right is an index. Click on ‘Introduction’ you will find a few notes about Choosing a Subject – Painting for yourself.- Painting to sell.
Click on session 1 for notes on: Preparing and painting the substrate – Maintaining your brushes – Composition and Layout – Blending – Blending the sky – Individual Elements – Clouds -Wavelets – Headland – Sunlight on the water – Wind shadows on the water – Sand & Texture.
Session 2 contains: Drawing a grid onto your canvas – The Process / Techniques / Tricks I used to create this painting – A little more info about scaling.
Session 3 – Layering – Tonal management – working wet on wet ( Alla prima ) – Process
Session 4 – Sale drawing up the layout – Process – Going over the layout with fine black lines ( Detailing ) – Applying soft tonal washes
Now we can go to a few of ‘My Paintings’.
Endeavour : Just a few notes on the process of painting a sailing ship.- Bowentown – Coromandel Boat shed – Matty.
Dalmatian Dog – Pilot Bay – Summer Storm _ Swallow – Apple blossom – Surf club at the mount – Walking the Milford Track – Walking track to Mt Cook NZ
Techniques A few short videos – Painting a large panel – Blending – Painting fine lines & Detailing.
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Welcome
Painting is fun but if we want to be good at it we need to know how it works. If we want to develop our art to a reasonable level, so we can do our own thing, then we need a basic understanding of aesthetics, rules and techniques…
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My Paintings
Some of my paintings, process and comments…
Welcome to my website – my notes, paintings, artwork and whatever is going on in my studio. An opportunity to see how I approach my work and some of my art observations.
This is not a class, you will be peeping over my shoulder as I go from one random idea to another. Not all my great ideas work so often I find myself spending hours getting a painting or carving back on track. If we learn best from our mistakes, you will get great value from mine, god knows I have made plenty.
I am using my website because it best suits me to receive an email and reply either to all or an individual. My email address is grahambaker.nz@gmail.com
Initially I will show a series of photos as I progress through a painting with a paragraph or two explaining the steps and back them up with more comprehensive notes for easy reference. I hope, as I expand on these notes, you will stumble upon something of value that helps with your own art development.
I prefer to try new ideas and ways to improve every time I start something new, both in subject and medium. Sometimes some neat things pop up – these then are my personal experiences and notes I am sharing in the hope of encouraging other artists to have a go.
Graham Baker.