What is the glazing medium? You do beautiful work!❤❤❤❤

Wow!!!!!! I love you beautiful work!! Thanks for the videos. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Amazing work

Perry, sano, and emma ❤

Thank you! I was currently painting a horse and this came at the perfect time

Beautiful painting, those horses look amazing 👏🏼

An underpainting is a crucial element in the process of building depth and detail in your painting. In my process an underpainting tends to be more than just blocking in areas of colour and shapes, although this is, of course, where you want to start - finding the approximate colour tones and all the different shapes created by the way light falls on the subject. But it is also a chance to start building texture with your brushstrokes. Once this layer dries the texture will have an impact on subsequent layers, building complexity and a sense of depth in the coat. Hope this was helpful - don’t forget to like and subscribe! 😍🙌

Impressive piece of art 👍

I can’t believe how well this little experiment turned out. And how much I loved the process! I’m off now to plan another 2 to complete a set of 3. Don’t forget to like and subscribe! 😘

فنانة 🎉

You are so talented! ❤

Very impressive! 🙂😍😀

Ever heard of the phrase - ‘saving your best tones until last’? This is where we add those little touches of our darkest darks and lightest highlights to bring the smallest of details to life.

Thank-you...your work is inspiring...😊

3 tips to building realism in a tiny bird painting…. 1. Use a variety of different colours in multiple layers to build depth and transparency. 2. In each subsequent layer work towards your brighest tones, applying over darker tones in the touch-dry previous layer. 3. Blur changes of tone in soft feathers by using a wet-n-wet technique. Bonus tip! - Use a small dagger brush to create fluffy feathers over a darker tone beneath. And lastly - be patient and work thru the ugly stages! 🙌. If you want more free tips, join my Studio Insiders list www.nikkicarr.co.uk/get-on-the-invite-list

Three little swallows - what would you call them?

Every day in summer around 5 o’clock I get the loviest play of sunlight through the high windows of my studio. It’s so delightful to see it fall across my work - although it does make it hard to see the colours correctly, so I usually just down tools and appreciate the view! 🌟P.S I’m going to be making a big announcement soon about an online course - if you want to make sure you catch it, drop the word ‘yes’ in the comments below🌟

A trio of mini swallow paintings in oils SUBSCRIBE IF YOU LIKE THIS!

Why is this so underrated 😢

Beautiful

One stroke at a time. Getting those highlights in ❤️ I’m curious - what’s your favourite bird?

Como a ARTE me faz FELIZ 😅❤❤❤

It’s gorgeous ❤❤❤

They are so Pretty amazing job 😊

Wow i would love to be ilke you

Those are so pretty ❤️😊❤️

I love this all so much. You remind me of my art teacher- inspirational!! ❤🎉

They are so beautiful

These are are incredible :)

Ur rlly talented (FIRST BEFORE THIS BLOWS UPPPP!!!)

Come with me…… A huge welcome to all you newbies following along me - it’s great to have you here! Drop me a comment below where you are in the world - are you a horse lover, an artist, a bird enthusiast - I’d love to know! And please feel free to ask me questions! 😘

I’m going to call this little study finished! He was the subject of a 1:1 tutorial with a lovely client but I liked him so much I had to finish it properly. I’m going to make some more slots available for 1:1 sessions - if you think you might be interested, comment ‘yes’ below with your email address (or email me) and I’ll let you know the details when they’re available. 😍🎉 [email protected]

Beautiful.. Please keep it up! ❤💪❤

Today I get to bring back to life all those patches that have dried dull. I do this by ‘oiling -out’ with a mixture of solvent and an oily painting medium. This adds back the oil content to those patches that need it most and evens out the sheen across the painting. It really is effective at bringing all those dark and dull areas back to life and showing all the colour variations happening in there. I’m using a brush this time rather than a soft cloth because I want to keep it away from the gold leaf. After about 10 minutes I’ll wipe away any excess oil still sitting on the surface. Ask me in the comments below if you’re curious about this process….. P.s. Don't forget to hit like and subscribe if you found this video useful! 😍

A refining layer is all about glazing with transparent pigments to adjust and unify colour tones, deepen shadows and enhance detail with thin applications of paint. I tend to use Liquin original to thin my paint to create a transparent glaze but Gamblin galkyd also works well. Both of these mediums will allow the glaze application to be touch dry in about 24hrs while maintaining the ‘fat over lean’ principle for oil painting. What’s your favourite medium to use for glazing?

I think your painting came to life way before....😊

It’s finished! The last bit of gold leaf has been added and I’m going to try very hard not to ‘improve’ it any more! 🤞 I know I can’t be the only one but I find it very difficult not to tweak a painting even though I’ve declared it finished 🤦🏻‍♀️ Who else does this when you know in your heart that you should leave it alone? 😂

This is the bit that I love the most - adding all those final details that really start to bring the painting to life. Let me know what you think? Private commission -Oil and 24ct gold leaf, 90x80cm

Wow the patience it makes is amazing

Beautiful...😊

Slowly building an illusion of detail without actually painting every single hair. Private commission - oil and 24 carat gold-leaf on panel (90x80cm) ❤

Do you have a website where you sell these? Theyre lovely ❤

Hmmm - my heart is longing to do some more of these little beauties. What do you think? 😊

The best part! I had so many questions from you guys about the varnish that I used for these mini paintings. I used Gamvar gloss which gave the paintings a glass-like finish. This doesn’t usually happen on canvas so much, but a wood panel is much smoother so the varnish is only picking up the texture of the paint itself. Plus, the varnish is odourless so win, win! I also used my trusty Handover brush (699 020) which is really soft and not too long which means it doesn’t soak up too much varnish. Oh, and one last tip - don’t shake the bottle immediately before using or you’ll end up with lots of air bubbles when you pour it out! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Hope this helps - happy varnishing! 😁

Exceptional...!!!

Absolutely incredible! You are so talented! Yay! I'm happy to be your 100th subscriber! :)

beautiful!👌

"Details are the very source of expression in art. Just as words are the source of expression in a poem, or notes in music." You're so meticulous in your craft Miss Nikki❤

That looks incredible, also really like your smile 😊. Looks like you really like what you are doing.

Beautiful and talented. The details look amazing! ❤