<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[artful weasels]]></title><description><![CDATA[artful weasels]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:26:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Working Big (in acrylics)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was recently at the Bath Contemporary Artists Fair (at Green Park Station) as a stall holder for the first time this year. Last year I had my rather large sausage (insert your own jokes here!) on display which drew the crowds in, but when it sold I didn't have anything as large that would attract attention. I promised that I would bring in something to equal the size and interest of the sausage. So what to paint....? The last paintings I had created were for a commission (below), which gave...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/working-big-in-acrylics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dcb14eb680d4d6db46e91d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_5b6ecc21c58740d6a5be637a32e2b480~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continued Adventures in Colour Theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[I teach a very basic form of colour theory at my classes, covering just the ideas of complementary colours and the use of black and white, but after a chat with longstanding weasel and artist Mandy, I recalled the teaching that I had several years ago, and some of the experimentation I carried out and thought I'd pass a little on... If you want to know more about colour theory a great place to start is looking at the work and examples of Josef Albers (there's an experimentation of mine in the...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/continued-adventures-in-colour-theory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dbeb0f4760d48e5e903d28</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_45fbddd219404f6e8b58dcf6e322cfc5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking after your Brushes]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are several ways to keep your brushes as good as new, and simple washing up liquid or soap will work for most mediums (with the exception of oils). Here are a few tips: Always wash your brushes as soon as you have finished using them. This is especially important for acrylic paint as once it dries it is very hard to remove. Let them dry naturally so they maintain their shape. Do not dry your brushes upright! If you dry them brush side up then the watery paint will drop into the top of...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/looking-after-your-brushes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dbe9c35cd0802e39a88ad7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_dff1213f53ef409482e235507f6dae0b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charcoal on Wood Technique]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have always loved working with charcoal, but have never considered using it on a wood panel, as it needs to be framed to protect it from smudging and damage.... or so I thought. I recently tried out a new way to preserve charcoal images on other surfaces, rather than just paper (though I have yet to try it on canvas). I always apply picture fixative on the work, which I did here, quite heavily. Once the image was fixed I was able to (very carefully) apply a layer of liquitex acrylic varnish...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/charcoal-on-wood-technique</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dbea35515c02011a11eddc</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_bc7e9350ffdc40b0b4025a0ef245c631~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting Printed]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been asked recently about getting works digitally printed for sales of commissions, and also about how you go about making choices about selling prices for prints. DIGITAL PRINTS Digital artwork is much easier than physical work, as you do not have to worry about the scanning or photography of the work, just the printing itself. Also you have less worries about matching the colour of the original, so you can either go to a standard printers, or to a specialist printer for paintings,...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/getting-printed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dbed5443e56f31776e58d5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_5e2ef6e08f944f4ba0b3851f8b5b96b2~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Importance of a Narrative]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a recent trip past Stonehenge I reminded myself that JWM Turner, one of my favourite artists, had once painted the stone circle. I can't say it was one of my favourite pieces. It felt a little washed-out, and I wasn't keen on the sleeping figure in the foreground. Then I read a little more on the piece, and it has more to it than you first think, or see. The shepherd in the foreground is dead; struck by lightning, which was starting to be reported as a common occurrence around the...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/the-importance-of-a-narrative</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dbef1b43e56f31776e5d03</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2024 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_569f3945ffc04f59a575095059c7d64e~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing an Artist Statement &#38; Biography]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether you are planning to create your own website, selling your art, or entering an Open Call competition for gallery space, it is important to have an artist statement. In fact, the (not so simple) act of creating it can help you to focus as an artist, and know what makes you different. An artist statement is always written in third-person, so should talk about you as though it were an article written by someone else. It should less than 150 words, and it should encapsulate everything...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/writing-an-artist-statement-biography</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dbc2874760d48e5e8fea3d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_b1e635f5e24a431e8e8eb272e5c36931~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting study - Layers and the ‘Ugly’ stage (Gouache)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve just finished this seascape study, which is a perfect example of how painting takes time, and can be built up up using layers, in this case in Gouache. Gouache isn’t as forgiving as acrylic paint, but most of the principle is the same in this example, as I’ve used layers of gouache over, and over each other to slowly build shapes and forms of the rocks and the sea freehand, going through some seriously ‘ugly’ stages. If you look at the last-to-one picture below you’ll see how much can be...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/painting-study-layers-and-the-ugly-stage-gouache</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dbc11f4760d48e5e8fe764</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_ac9c79755e7149679aa499e9cfb0778e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_628,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example Flower Painting in Acrylics]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m not usually up for painting flowers, but I took the photo I created this from, and I loved the colour clash between the yellow and red, on a grim, cold, blue day. The whole thing took around two hours to create - taking breaks every 15 minutes or so to re-evaluate it from a distance. I’ve outlined the steps I took below:  I sketched the photo directly onto a wooden panel, freehand (top right). This took around 10-15 minutes. With organic things such as flowers and landscapes it’s...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/example-flower-painting-in-acrylics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dbc022515c02011a119703</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_517be84f509146ffb256532f9932f890~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_628,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digital Creation on iPad]]></title><description><![CDATA[I  created this video in 2020, while creating this image of St David's Cathedral. This was from one of my own photographs, which makes it much more personal, and although there is an element of what some might call 'cheating' where I am tracing the image, creating it through a trial and error or grid methods would have produced a similar work, but would have taken considerably longer. As it stands this piece still took several weeks to complete, and is completely my own work, so stills stands...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/digital-creation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69db79f375afb0779a745910</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_8a7acf2c95f1443f92a0995935075468~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Acrylic Painting Walkthrough]]></title><description><![CDATA[After our session on Thursday I felt the need to do a little acrylic painting, and I've been missing landscapes lately, so I chose this image I took at Slimbridge last year. I started by losing the white canvas by painting a layer of pale blue acrylic. The painting is 20"x16" on a canvas board. These are a nice cheap way to paint, and easy to frame, where stretched canvasses on frames tend to work better unframed. I sketched in the idea in pencil, changing a few things in the composition,...]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/getting-started-with-an-acrylic-painting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69db76308614fb4128b0796e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_7356ec984cfb4926a632073ee654f87c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artful Weasels First Ever Workshop]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was wonderful to meet the  group for the very first artful weasels Art Workshop; and great to share in the experience that brought some smiles, a little competition, some grim determination, and a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere. A big thank you to those who took part.]]></description><link>https://www.artfulweasels.co.uk/post/artful-weasels-first-ever-workshop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dbbf0e4760d48e5e8fe2fd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76023c_05444b646703400bbd1c43227d1d0d60~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tin Stanton</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>