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Art & Gibberish Podcast #24 - Tresa Gibson. It was a blast having Tresa on the podcast. Good times with good people!
January 23, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Dangle and deke till you score!
Use your paintbrush like hockey players use their hockey sticks.
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Dirty White = Dirty Painting
Use your dirty white as a grey 

Doug Swinton.
December 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Charge your brush before you paint! It'll save you lots of money.

For Acrylic Artists: Use Water
For Oil Artists: Use Solvent

Doug Swinton.
December 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Luscious, wet and juicy paint... 💛

Wet your canvas before you paint.
Acrylic artists use water
Oil artists use odourless mineral spirits

Doug Swinton.
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Key Your Skies!
Four Value Planes. Your sky is your lightest, then anything flat, then your obliques and then your verticals. 

Part 3.

Book: Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting.
October 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Four Value Planes. Your sky is your lightest, then anything flat, then your obliques and then your verticals. 
Part 2.

Book: Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
October 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Four Value Planes. Your sky is your lightest, then anything flat, then your obliques and then your verticals.

Book: Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
October 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Shout out to Denis Krupchatnikov & James Jean!

Денис Крупчатников

Art & Gibberish Podcast
Doug Swinton
Dana Winistok
September 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We love you, Iryna Yermolova! 🇺🇦 ❤️

Art & Gibberish Podcast 23
Doug Swinton
Dana Winistok
September 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Allow the differences in value to become subtler with distance.
September 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Your centre of interest, light and dark, needs to be 4 value shades away from each other.
September 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Part 2. Where to put sky holes when you're painting trees, and how to make it look more believable. 🌳

Doug Swinton.
Swinton's Art Supplies.
September 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Emails can wait.

Art & Gibberish Podcast
Doug Swinton
Dana Winistok
August 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
⬇️ Double Down ⬇️ Go hard, Go heavy!

Art & Gibberish Podcast. Ep. 23.
Doug Swinton & Dana Winistok.
August 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Gotta beat the noise 💪⏰

Art & Gibberish Podcast. Ep. 23.
Doug Swinton & Dana Winistok.
August 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Where to put sky holes when you're painting trees, and how to make it look more believable. 🌳

Doug Swinton.
July 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
How To Paint Rocks - Find the Box. Part 6. 🎨
Painting reflections in the water. 🌊

Doug Swinton.
July 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
How to paint rocks by finding the box.
Part 6 - Reflections from water ripples.

Doug Swinton.
July 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How to paint rocks by finding the box.
Part 5 - Reflections (Short Version)

Doug Swinton.
July 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How to Paint Rocks / Find the Box. Part 5.
Reflections

Doug Swinton.
July 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How to paint rocks: Find the box. Part 4

Doug Swinton.
July 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
How to paint rocks: Find the box. Part 3

Doug Swinton.
July 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
How to paint rocks: Find the box. Part 2

Doug Swinton.
July 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
How to paint rocks, part 1. Find the box.

Doug Swinton.
July 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM