If you’ve ever wanted to the confidence to sketch out and about, here are two tips: 1. Start practicing at home. Draw your own table. Your window view. Your hands. Your favourite coffee mug. 2. Have friends who are happy for you to sketch while...
I know art-making makes me happy (as I type that, I remember the time I did a presentation about ‘making art’ and three of my friends came up to me at the end and told me that everytime I said that it sounded like ‘making out’ 😂😅🤣 –...
I’m not a huge Star Wars fan, but I love the challenge of painting or sketching something for May the Fourth Be With You day each year, and seeing the progress in my art. This year I surprised myself with this sketch, and I can honestly say I have NEVER sketched...
Ahhh, what’s so good about a #collection? You get to explore a topic, or an art supply, with purpose. You create an impressive body of work. You have the opportunity to see your skills improve between artwork 1 and Artwork 8 (or 12 or 20 or 31 or 54 or 100) You...
I’ve had five Zoom calls with lovely Shiny Happy Art Club Members this week, and I found myself recommending SAMPLERS a few times. These two are on Scrap Book Covers (I use them for planning) from 2017 and 2018. The thing with Samplers is: – you get to...
PAINT IT AGAIN. That’s my message for today. The more you look at a subject, and then paint or draw it, the more you will SEE. Here’s a photo of Cape Tribulation that my friend, Larah, has taken – I painted it (small) as part of my #shacards series...
