Did you ever wonder if there was a single thing that could differentiate professional artists from amateur artists?...
A Short Guide to GIMP Plugins
by Simon Bland /Jan 29, 2024
This article provides a brief guide to getting started with automated image editing in GIMP. ...
Using Blender to Create Artist's Reference Images
by Simon Bland /Nov 3, 2022
In this article, I set out to examine whether models created in Blender can be used as reference images for traditional artwork....
Working From Photos: New Paintings Summer 2021
by Simon Bland /Jul 25, 2021
This article shows some of my recent work—all painted from reference photos—with a description of how I tried to get beyond the photo in each case....
An Easy Way to Rescue Failed Paintings
by Simon Bland /Jul 19, 2019
One advantage of painting on panels is that you can occasionally salvage a painting by removing part of it with a saw. In this blog post I show some of the pieces I recently created by cropping down old paintings....
Three Lessons I Learned About Seascape Painting
by Simon Bland /May 10, 2019
A look at some new seascape paintings and a brief discussion of some of the basic principles involved in creating them....