Ahh! I love a #collection! One painting invites scrutiny. It’s easy to pull apart and be critical. Two are a pair. Your eye is looking for the similarities as well as the things that ‘don’t quite fit’. And they’re often easy to find. Three? Well that’s a ‘few’ and...
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...
What’s better than one #mooloolabasurfclub ? FOUR. The first was sketched on our first morning at the beach (fun), the second from a photo that night (a bit staid), the third on the beach (while my students may have been taking bets on how long it would take me...
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...
