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Whilst I have been painting and drawing for many years, I am reasonably new to digital art. There is quite a lot to learn, but I am a strong believer in determination rules the day and if the desire is … Continue reading Digital Art & Watercolour
Update – 30/8/22 – these are no longer available from Contrado sorry Surface Patterns For Kitchen Textiles I love designing with watercolour and then mixing the hand painted elements with digital media to create and design surface patterns for fabrics, … Continue reading Oven Gloves & Mitts – Pretty Practical Kitchen Textiles
So, you have spent hours choosing a new piece of wall art for your home, but you have purchased an unframed piece and now you need to frame it. Where do you start? Wall Art Frame Sizes It is much … Continue reading Wall Art, Choosing Frames, Mounts & Sizes
So excited to have my recent designs on these goodies….hope you like them! Visit my online store to see my current campervan gift range available if you love them! Continue reading Everyone loves a campervan…
I have been a member and committee member of The Redditch Art Circle, an art society based in Redditch Worcestershire UK for many years. In more recent years for various reasons the membership levels had declined and last year I … Continue reading Art At The Mill – An opportunity to exhibit
Most of my students that attend my weekly art classes are learning watercolour. It is one of the most difficult mediums to learn. I know it took me a long time before I would even let anyone see what I … Continue reading Watercolour – Real time Roses – Beginners Watercolour Video
Have you ever tried using graphite sticks for drawing? Well it’s great! I wanted to produce some simple graphite portraits for a local art event that I am participating in, but when thinking about the framing costs so I could … Continue reading It’s easy in graphite!
I love trying new media and subject matter, and this painting falls into both of these categories. Whilst I tried oil paints some time ago, it was not a medium that was very practical when painting at home with limited … Continue reading New Artwork – Wildlife in Oils
Artists coloured pencils have come a long way over recent years. Lightfastness has up until recent years always been a real problem when creating fine art with the medium, but these days with brands such as Caran d’Ache Luminance, and … Continue reading Coloured Pencil Podcast & Pencil Topics
Together is another of my white on black series of paintings using coloured pencils. I have used the same brands of pencils as I used for both ‘Little Lottie’ & ‘Nellie’ paintings which you can see on my website. White on … Continue reading New Artwork – Coloured Pencil Wildlife Art
Jackie Kirby Art 