Paintings from Nature with Passion
To be an Artist! Do you dream of being an artist? Are you happy to be a social or leisure painter? Do you enjoy a weekly art session, because of the people you meet and the conversations you have? in other words, because of its social and theraputic benefits? After all that is how and […]
Do you dream of being an Artist? How Much do you want this? Read More »
Autumn for Artists. So now it’s getting colder but there are always lovely warmish days in between the cold ones. So I’m off out at every opportunity to capture those Autumn Colours! Autumn and winter for artists!It’s the time when I seek out my thermal wear, ski clothing. Always useful on those chilly days when out
News from the Studio – What do Artists do in Autumn? Read More »
How to become a plein air painter? How did I do it? I began tentatively using watercolour, which is the hardest medium of them all. To be profficient you need bags of confidence, and you don’t have that, until you get good! It’s a vicious circle. I noticed early on that my lack of drawing
How to become a ‘Plein Air’ Painter – at least, this is how I did it! Read More »
For many years, I have dreamed of Painting in Venice Well I made that dream come true in April. 2018 I was very determined not to study the Venetian paintings of JMW Turner or John Singer Sargent, before I went. As I did want to look for my own vantage points, so I decided
Painting in Venice – Every Artist’s Dream! How did I do? Read More »
Did you see Learning to Sketch 1? Click here to go there first. It is important when you are learning to sketch to really see the shapes and angles, with your eyes, and not your brain. You need to learn how to forget what the object is, and instead, to study its form. This comprises
Learn to sketch 2 – Seeing like an artist! Shapes and Angles! Read More »
The benefits of joining an art club! Art can be a very insular occupation. Many artists work alone in their studios with just a radio or CD player for company. For some, this is the best way to get those ‘creative juices’ flowing. For others, though, working together in small groups is more rewarding, and
In 2017 I upped my game! Yes – I have been out and about, painting and sketching even more than previous years! So why do I prefer to go and work out of doors, in full view of the ‘public gaze’ and in nearly all weathers? Learning an art or a craft based skill is essentially
Painting or sketching, out of doors! – 5 Benefits for you! Read More »
Chasing the light Exhibition Every year I have my own Chasing the light exhibition at the prestigious York Street Gallery in Ramsgate. This is my 3rd showing here and my work has really changed since the last time, so everything you see will be spanking new and fresh. I’m excited by that. So what have
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I recently took myself off to Cornwall for 4 days painting in Cornwall ‘en plein air’. 4 Days painting in Cornwall The last time I painted there was many years ago, in Watercolours, so I decided to have a change from my recent haunts. Instead of Wexford, Ireland and the Norfolk Broads, I went back
4 Days Painting in Cornwall – An adventure in wind and rain! Read More »
For many busy families it is time to get away for a week or two, somewhere hot maybe? News from the studio For this busy Artist though it’s time to assess what has been happening. In recent weeks I have had works in a few exhibitions, in Whitstable, Herne Bay, Broadstairs and Margate. The Open
News from the Studio – It’s Summer, so it’s Holiday time! Read More »