by Sara | Jul 7, 2013 | Articles, For Artists, Fun stuff, Painting, Technique
Are you an artist looking for some painting ideas? It happens to all of us, sooner or later. There you are facing a blank white surface and it’s time to squeeze paint onto palette, load up the paintbrush and make that first mark. But, the moments tick by and unable to...
by Sara | Jun 29, 2013 | Articles, For Artists, News, Painting, Products, Technique
Artists are often asked which art products they couldn’t possibly do without. So I thought I would share with you the most inspensible and well used item in my studio. The Pigment Stick. Doesn’t sound exciting I know, but believe me, once you have used...
by Sara | Jun 2, 2013 | Fun stuff, News, Painting
Painting is essentially a fairly solitary occupation. Not lonely at all, but mostly it’s just you, the canvas and the cat. To save your sanity it’s a really good idea to link up with other artists to paint together as a group. Not only is an artist...
by Sara | May 5, 2013 | Fun stuff, News, Painting
I’m not a great one for surrealist paintings – until I came across the very talented Andrew Baines. Immediately I was captivated by his wonderful paintings of everyday things taken out of context – men in bowler hats and suits in the surf, hills...
by Sara | Mar 29, 2013 | Exhibition, Galleries, News
Starting Friday and running until Easter Monday, is the Mansfield Easter Art Show. Curated by Without Pier Gallery, it has been running for many years but this year is the first time I have submitted a full quota of 6 paintings. Being a rural area, I tried to paint...