Beginner painting mistake #3: buying every single size of brush. This is one of the fastest ways to end up with overworked, cartoonish paintings. You don’t need to constantly switch brushes to make different size marks. You can actually make big marks and small details with the same brush just by changing pressure, angle, and how much paint you load. What matters most when choosing brushes is the relative size of the brush compared to the canvas. My advice is to get yourself two small brushes, t

Life in Bloom - my very first painting of tree club and perhaps the favourite one still? We are now 4 months in and I’m catching up on sharing some video’s of each months tree plus the giveaway paintings I’m doing each month! If you want to join in the fun drop a 🌳 below and I’ll send you the link! Big love, Nic #treeclub #artclub #treepainting #plantingtrees #geelongartist

My fourth panting for Tree Club where I send out a monthly print of that months artwork and plant a tree for every member, every month. This series is going to be a 12 part series called ‘Life through Trees’ that I’ll be exhibiting at the end of the year along with the mini paintings I create on my Wednesday Night Studio Lives that inspire the big paintings. After this year of telling my story through trees I’m really excited to continue Tree Club next year telling other peoples stories, more on

Keeping The Bob Ross Dream Alive | Springtime Thaw | Featuring Nic Hankins

Paint Like Bob Ross with Nicholas Hankins - Towering Peaks Revisited