painting techniques

Oil and Cold Wax Painting - A painter's perspective

I have been painting with cold wax for several years now and in this art blog post offer advice on techniques and discuss how I use...

Painting the Fenlands - Original Artwork 'Between Worlds' Painted by Peter Corr

Damien Hirst used formaldehyde; he would have been better served by an eco-friendly peat bog. 'Between Worlds' abstract Fenland painting..

Painting with your iPhone or iPad?

You can apply paint with just about anything to hand, literally anything that will hold paint, but within reason of course. On Sky Arts...

Contemporary Landscape Painting: Recognising and overcoming self-delusion

A landscape painting of Thetford Forest in oil and cold wax medium

'Red River' 100 x 70 cm on Canvas. A Fenland Landscape Painting in Crimson Lake

Red embodies an emotional power like no other colour and the associations for each individual are almost limitless. The materials used in th

Painting with cold wax and enamels. 'The Gilded Age' 100 x 100 cm on Canvas.

This is a multi layered mixed media oil painting on a high quality canvas frame. This painting represents a development of my New Forest...

Fenland abstract painting - 'Material Culture' by Peter Corr

I have arrived at an interpretation of the Fenlands through working with materials and actually living here and experiencing the...

A landscape painting of the Cambridgeshire Fenland 'Ersatz Landen' by Peter Corr

A landscape painting of the Cambridgeshire Fenlands by the artist Peter Corr

Creating Surface Texture in a Landscape Painting

The creation of texture in my paintings is a critical component of the work and I strive to achieve a rich and tactile surface. This is a...

A Portrait of the Cambridgeshire Artist Peter Corr

You don't have to go into exile to become an artist as James Joyce suggested in his novel, and nor will you remain a young man forever....