Do you have days when you seem to get nothing done? Me too! Procrastination has got the better of me again this week…or two. The snow isn’t helping. (Well we HAVE to test out the children’s new sledges!) Then there’s the usual distractions. I do a bit then have to stop… OK then, get waylaid. […]
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Now a Barbican inspired painting shouldn’t be a novel experience for an artist, should it. Well I have a confession I went to the Barbican for the first time in 2013. I know, it’s shocking! So many years missed. What finally took me there was a Dibujo – a clothed life drawing class with costumes
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Experimentaing to find a style that fits you is a difficult process, but one that pays off. Those sometimes I wish I’d stayed with an earlier style.
Naive Painting Challenge – Playing with style! Read More »
The New Year might have started slowly. But it’s gaining momentum Swan Mill painting, the first 2013 completed piece. The Swan Mill painting features lots of crumbling brick and barbed wire. It can be found in North Manchester at Chadderton/Middleton Juction on the Rochdale Canal. Like many remaining cotton mills, it has lost it’s chimney.
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Ever get bored doing the same old thing? Time for a change perhaps? What about a collage painting? In order to get good at anything, repetition is important. Practice makes perfect as they say, but when you do the same thing all the time, no matter how much you enjoy it. Doing something different is
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On the last day of 2011, I’m looking back at the year and how my art has changed. So I’ve selected 12 images to represent my year, one from each month. Wishing you all a very happy and successful New Year! However you measure success.
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