Correcting Painting Disasters
Paintings go wrong from time to time. Correcting a painting disaster isn’t always as hard as it seems. you just need a little courage and a willingness to experiment.
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13 reasons why you should buy Original Art.
Debating whether to buy Original Art or a Print? The decision to buy original art is a big step for many. It’s easy to feel that getting a print will be a better option for you or that buying a picture is a waste of money. Here are some suggestions that should help you to
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Help me! Understanding Modern art.
Understanding Modern Art is challenging It can leave you wondering what on earth is going on? I have a confession. I’ve always found understanding modern art confusing! There, I’ve said it! First of all, Modern and Contemporary Art are not the same thing. The terms are often confused, but not the same. Modern art is
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Map Painting – Experimental Art
Maps are fascinating, aren’t they? Enjoying the weather? Maybe you’ve been on a walk? This week I’ve been playing – actually it’s this month. This particular painting was started before Bucks Open Studios in June. It started with a trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum and a fascination with some old maps of London.
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An Artist’s View of Society of Women Artists Exhibition
Ever been part of something that makes you feel “Wow”? As an artist there are time you feel You’ve arrived. Last week that was entering the Mall Galleries for the Society of Women Artists 155th Summer Exhibition. It was busy week with 2 social events in London. Seeing my work alongside other work of such
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Manchester – Painting Grey Without Using Grey
Painting grey without grey paint is a problem. People often ask my why I use such bright colours. It’s quite simple really. When I first started creating these pictures I had 8 colours. Magenta, Process cyan, yellow, deep purple, black, white, orange and green. I use the paints neat and rely on them mixing on
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H-Van Painting in London
Finally the H van painting I promised you is here. It feels like I’ve been working on this one forever!I started it on the first Sunday of Bucks Open Studios all those weeks ago. Here’s where it began, with the squaring up. (Tracedown paper is so much quicker) If you look very carefully, you can
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The Toastrack – Latest Manchester Painting
Back to Manchester painting the Hollings building. The Hollings building or Toast rack is a well known landmark and used to be part of the university. It’s a hard building to photograph as the angles I preferred were on the northern side, which meant they were dark. One of the reasons I love photo editing
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Plein Air Sketching in Dragon Country
Plein Air Sketching #2 We’re already a week into Bucks open Studios and it’s been busy. On the first day I was at Green Dragon and decided to do some Plein Air Sketching outside our venue. The weather was perfect, a bit dull but warm with the sun making the odd appearance. This is the
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