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Finding Inspiration for Abstract Art
Sometimes it is difficult to find inspiration for abstract paintings, but there are techniques that you can use to give you some ideas of what to paint and this is what I will explore in this article. How Do You Get Inspiration? Sometimes (in fact quite often) people ask me how I get inspiration for my abstract paintings. Mostly I am inspired by particular colours or textures or have an idea come into my mind of a pattern or colour combination that I want to turn into a painting, but at other times I use other methods to find inspiration for my paintings. If you are an artist who wants…
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Gold and Silver Powder for Art
So having had a few enquiries about my gold and silver powder that I use in my textured paintings (and in fact in my fluid abstract paintings), I’ve done a bit more investigating as to where you can get hold of something at least similar to what I have. I got my gold, silver and bronze powder deep in the industrial area of Dubai! I have no idea what it was intended to be used for but myself and a few other artists over there started using it and loved it! You only need the smallest amount possible on your paintings so it lasts pretty much forever. As I had…
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What Are The Rules on Copyrighting Your Artwork?
I wrote this article a few years ago and thought it might be interesting to visitors of this site. Art Copyright – What To Do Many artists wonder what they need to do in order to keep the copyright of their artwork so in this article I will attempt to explain exactly that. Firstly I will say that I am not a lawyer but an artist but I wanted to share some information that I have learnt about copyright and art so feel free to add more info or comments if there is something I have missed. If you work as a photographer, artist, sculptor etc then one key thing…
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