Q: What are acrylic paints? A: Acrylic paint is a very versatile fast-drying plastic paint which can be diluted with water, becoming water-resistant when dry. Acrylic paint can be mixed with acrylic gels, mediums, pastes and retarders (which slow down the rate of drying). See www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylic_paints

Q: What gel retarder does Peter use? A: Peter finds Daler Rowney's 'slow drying gel' (retarder ) to be far the best for all his painting techniques- it also allows extremely smooth colour transitions. See www.daler-rowney.com/content/acrylic-0

Q: Does Peter paint portraits? A: Peter paints portraits of all ages- usually basing the painting on one or more photographs. Please use the 'contact us' page if you would like more portraiture information from the artist .

Q: What painting clubs/societies could I join? A: Peter suggests the following: General- www.saa.co.uk/default.aspx, Portraits- www.therp.co.uk/membership.asp, Aircraft- www.gava.org.uk/index.cfm?page=home, Marine (ships/yachts etc)- http://www.rsma-web.co.uk/, Wild life- www.swla.co.uk/, Railways- www.railart.co.uk/about.html

Q: Which art galleries could I see? A: Peter suggests the following: Musee D'Orsay, Paris - www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html, The Tate Gallery- /www.tate.org.uk/, Portraits- www.npg.org.uk/index.php, National Gallery: the national collection of Western European painting from the 13th to the 19th centuries- www.nationalgallery.org.uk/, The Hayward Gallery: on the South Bank in London is one of the largest and most versatile temporary art exhibition spaces in Britain- www.hayward.org.uk