I love watching artists paint. I think it’s magical. The way they see things inside their heads and then choose colours and brushes to bring that vision to life. Just last week I managed to spend some time alone in my studio painting these flowers in delicious,...
This week my youngest needed a family tree for school and while I thought we had until Wednesday, when I got home from a meeting on Monday night at 7:40pm both girls were up and waiting for me because apparently it was needed for Tuesday. Good grief. Luckily I had...
Today’s tip (and thanks for waiting, by the way) is about drawing and painting what you ACTUALLY see, not what you THINK you’re seeing. I’d love to encourage you to draw your kids, their toys, your pets… someone or something close to you...
Just a quick one today (it’s bad enough that it’s actually no longer Monday) – something that I remember that my Year 9 art teacher, Mr Foley, taught me, oh, back in 1984… break the line. It’s as simple as knowing that (when drawing) a...
