Blog - Miguel Bevia

22 Jul

3 Tips for Landscape Painting

23 July 2021
Posted by Miguel Bevia
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Oil paint can create wonderful effects of light and color as well as transparency and opacity. In this blog post I will share three classical style painting tips for creating interesting effects in your...

20 May

Pigments

Thomas Cole Color Palette for Landscape Painting

26 May 2021
Posted by Miguel Bevia

This blog post is based on the pigments mentioned in the exchange of letters between Thomas Cole and Asher Brown Durand. Thomas Cole is one of the major 19th-century American painters and he is...

11 May

Pigments

Prussian Blue – The color that changed the art world forever

14 May 2021
Posted by Miguel Bevia

With so many blue pigments available in the market today, it's easy to take Prussian blue for granted and forget about the impact it had in the art world. Before the 18th century, the...

10 May

Pigments

Azurite Pigment – How to Make Azurite Oil Paint

14 May 2021
Posted by Miguel Bevia

In this blog post I will show how to make Azurite oil paint from powdered azurite pigment. Azurite is a natural basic carbon carbonate. It has a unique azure blue color which resembles a cloudless...

15 Aug

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How to Make Lapis Lazuli Oil Paint

10 May 2021
Posted by Miguel Bevia

Lapis Lazuli was the finest and most expensive blue used by Renaissance painters. In this blog post I show how to make Lapis Lazuli for oil Paint. I will take you through the steps...

30 Dec

Classical Style Oil Painting

How to Paint a Cat Portrait in Oil Using The Classical Painting Technique by Michael Bevia

8 November 2020
Posted by Miguel Bevia
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In this blog post I show how to paint a cat portrait using the classical approach to oil painting. I'll go through each step of the classical style process, including the underpainting,...

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