I recently heard of an art college that banned soft pastel because they thought it is toxic and should not be used. Although I find this an exaggerated, extreme and totally unnecessary measure (at an art college of all places!), …
This lovely exhibition at Lime Tree Gallery in Bristol features not only two brand new pieces from my studio (The Light of Stars… and Tales of Bees and Flowers) , but also some amazing works by well-known artists such as …
Black is one of the most difficult colours to get right in painting. Many artists prefer to use Ivory Black, others swear by Mars Black. For some the deepest black is conveyed by mixing dark blues and reds together, creating …
For Lime Tree Gallery’s upcoming exhibition ‘Every Kind of People’ I created two small new paintings. I want to tell you about one of them today. It is called Tales of Bees and Flowers, and it is a small oil …
I am building something very exciting. And I think you might want to hear about it! As a reader of my blog you might sometimes have wanted to take things beyond the blog post. Perhaps you left a comment and …
A new year brings new plans, resolutions, but also melancholy, sadness even for some. A new chapter can be exciting or scary or both. But I do believe in this saying that ’today is the first day of the rest …
So it is a week before Christmas, so perhaps a little late to come up with a gift list. But many shops still deliver on time, so why not check out these suggestions. I’ve put together a list of gifts …
Again and again people seem to refer to soft pastels as chalks, chalk crayons, chalk pastels and so forth. Even large art institutions seem still to be doing this. It creates the impression that chalks and pastels are the same …
How to mix colours to create the ones you don’t haveTake this short course to learn how to layer your colours and create the most amazing shadesBusting the Myths of Pastel PaintingTrailer (there is not music and talking at the …
Last night we could watch the final of Sky Landscape Artist of the Year. This is a painting competition on Sky Arts tv. In the first rounds artists had to battle the weather and were exposed to the most amazing …
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