Oil Painting Medium Recipe
I just mixed up another batch of the medium I use for oil painting. I seem to always loose or forget the recipe so I decided to store it here for safe keeping. This is a simple rec
El Greco
This image of El Greco's (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) painting of Saint Martin and the Beggar, comes from an old 1954 Collins Fontana book...
Mix
This colour wheel is based on the Albert Munsell Colour System that has 100 steps, with the primary colours being Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple. It was an early Colour and De
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a painter who created some fantastic, bold and chunky works such as The Sower 1933 shown here. Constant worked a lot in this chunky style...
Strictly Ballroom Dance Floor for Auction on eBay
I've got the dance floor from Strictly Ballroom up on eBay for sale. The floor used to be installed in my studio years ago but it's been in storage for years and I think it's about
Art Studio
I had a great floor in my art studio for a while. After working on Baz Luhrmann's 1992 film Strictly Ballroom, I inherited the dance floor from the film set. I rented a truck, cart
Carbon Neutral Hosting
The good people at Ilisys who host the throwdownyourguns.com site just announced they are "the first hosting company in Australia to become carbon neutral". Ilisys said "By running
Eugene Delacroix
Eugene knocked this self portrait together in about 1837. A fine piece of work. Oil on canvas. I think it's in the Louvre but don't quote me on that.
The Big Daddy Blues
Since establishment of the web site, I have been keeping a keen eye on Google’s index to see if and when the site gets picked up...