Tips for Pre Painting Prep
By Ann Solyst. Do you ever find a blank canvas daunting? Well, you're in good company. Quite often, especially for people new to painting, applying those first marks of paint is intimidating; and after all, why wouldn't it be? Painting is not easy and there is a lot of pressure to make something that looks "good." Well, I'll let you in on a secret, for most experienced painters there is a lot of thought and planning they do before they even touch a brush to the canvas, so in this month's post I'm sharing some helpful advice for planning a painting. Pre painting sketch for Groundscape painting. 2021 First, though, let's establish why it is important to prep before you paint. It is only too tempting to turn the enthusiasm of a new idea into momentum for the painting of a lifetime! After all, you see the whole piece so perfectly in your mind, right? Actually, in my experience, not so much. Again and again I have been so delighted with a concept that I plu...
