Create some magic
painting is liked according to ‘the eye of the beholder As a result, everyone will like something different. Artists are all different and they will paint different subjects in different media in different ways. As a ‘romantic’ artist I like to incorporate a feeling of mood, magic, atmosphere, time of day and light into my paintings. Reference photos or scenes should only be used for inspiration and not for blindly copying. To achieve some magic in a painting, special effects can be incorporated. It’s not ideal to overdo these effects but they can be used in appropriate places. I’ve described here four special
