Starting an art society is a wonderful way to bring together individuals who share a passion for art and to create a supportive and collaborative community that can help members to grow and develop their skills. Having experience in running … Continue reading Art Society Start Up – Things to consider
So far I have been using a selection of traditional and digital media to create illustrations for surface patterns, and traditional materials for my paintings. Initially, for my patterns, I created my assets using watercolours and inks which I scanned … Continue reading Digital Media – Art Prints
Does the name Spirit of Ecstasy, mean anything to you? How well do you know your classic cars? If you know anything about the various models of Rolls Royce, you will immediately know what is missing from my painting. And … Continue reading Lost Spirit Of Ecstasy
I have recently started using Pastelmat with my Pan Pastels and Pastel Pencils. I must say it took some getting used to, but I am pleased with the results and progress I have made with this so far. Pastelmat … Continue reading New Artwork – Leo in pastel
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!
This is the first opportunity I have had in a while to post some completed artwork on my blog. There are periods in life when you just don’t get to do everything you love all of the time, and unfortunately … Continue reading New Artwork – Ready To Eat
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
At the beginning of this year I started running a small watercolour class for beginners. Most of my students are accomplished artists in other mediums and I have known many of them for a long time. It was a marvellous feeling to be asked by them to start running some watercolour tuition, and so far I’m enjoying every minute. As part of the class, I started making video tutorials and putting them on my website. I had the immediate problem that I was limited on file size and therefore ended up opening up my YouTube channel and linking the videos to my … Continue reading Art Tips, Techniques & Tutorials on YouTube
Nellie is another piece of work using white coloured pencils on black paper. After producing my other piece of work entitled Little Lottie I wanted to explore a different subject matter which would require different methods applying the pencil to portray … Continue reading Nellie in white coloured pencil
