You know those canvasses that say they’re pre-primed… and unless you are making them yourself with a fabric like linen or calico or some other sort of canvas, most of the ones you buy would be ‘pre-primed’. Today’s tip is simply to make...
At the moment, wrapped, clean edge canvases are my surface of choice. Sometimes they’re called ‘gallery wrapped’, which basically means the staples are not on the edge, they’re on the back. These canvases have been a good thing for artists, as...
You know I do love a dragonfly or two. Their little, elegant wings add movement to a garden and a ‘special something’ to a flower painting. My stylised dragonflies are simply five lines – a slightly curved body (place and pull your brush), then two...
I love watching artists paint. I think it’s magical. The way they see things inside their heads and then choose colours and brushes to bring that vision to life. Just last week I managed to spend some time alone in my studio painting these flowers in delicious,...
This week my youngest needed a family tree for school and while I thought we had until Wednesday, when I got home from a meeting on Monday night at 7:40pm both girls were up and waiting for me because apparently it was needed for Tuesday. Good grief. Luckily I had...
Today’s tip (and thanks for waiting, by the way) is about drawing and painting what you ACTUALLY see, not what you THINK you’re seeing. I’d love to encourage you to draw your kids, their toys, your pets… someone or something close to you...
