by Sara | Oct 19, 2014 | Articles, Fun stuff, News, Painting, Products, Technique
The launch of my paintings on the Society6 store was very exciting. For those of you who have not heard about society6 I strongly encourage you to check it out as it is a fantastic website. It is full of artists and creatives expressing and sharing their work with the...
by Sara | Oct 10, 2014 | Articles, For Artists, Fun stuff, News, Painting, Technique
I have been an oil painting artist for many, many years and times have changed drastically over that period of time. There is now the Internet, social media, e-commence, SEO and all sorts of terminology that I struggle to keep up with. As you can imagine it has been...
by Sara | Sep 23, 2014 | Articles, For Artists, Painting, Products, Technique
Being an artist has many challenges and unfortunately getting a headache after painting is one of them, for me anyway! Many oil painters have an issue with the solvents associated with oil painting, varying from headaches, light-headedness from the fumes or just...
by Sara | Sep 15, 2014 | For Artists, Fun stuff, News, Painting, Technique, Videos
After a week or two of painting, video editing and learning how to properly use YouTube, I am finally ready to release my latest time-lapse. This video and written steps features the process, tools and techniques I use to paint my oil on canvas paintings! This...
by Sara | Aug 23, 2014 | Articles, Fun stuff, Painting
Giving someone a piece of art as a gift is a wonderful thing to do. However this is a buyer beware situation, no one wants gifts that they are never going to use, especially art gifts that do not suit their personality. So to avoid this awkward...
by Sara | Jul 27, 2014 | Exhibition, Galleries, News, Painting
The next art exhibition is almost here! Starting on 27 July and running until the 15 August, it will be at Without Pier Gallery. This is a shared exhibition which I really enjoy as I get to meet new artists, in this case Marian Blank and Vivi Palegeorge. As...
by Sara | May 21, 2014 | Articles, For Artists, Fun stuff, News, Painting
Melbourne has a unique set of three hotels called The Art Series Hotels. They are very boutique, very luxurious and inspired by and dedicated to celebrated Australian artists: Adam Cullen, John Olsen and Charles Blackman. Hence they are called ‘The...
by Sara | Apr 15, 2014 | Exhibition, For Artists, Galleries, News, Painting
Sara Paxton will be featuring her popular oil on canvas artworks in the Contemporary Colour Exhibition at Mingara Gallery over April and May. I’m pretty excited about my next exhibition. It will be the first one I have done for this particular gallery....
by Sara | Apr 13, 2014 | Art Fun, Articles, For Artists, Fun stuff, News, Painting, Products, Technique, Videos
How many times have you taken an art class? Some of you will say many, others will say none. The reality is that finding and participating in an art class for your first time is quite confronting. Here is the good news, it doesn’t have to be! Recently I came...
by Sara | Mar 23, 2014 | Articles, Exhibition, For Artists, Galleries, News, Painting
I was recently asked to trial a new art website called “Art Galleria”. The recently released artist website is a very useful tool for art collectors big or small, other artists and gallery owners. The website is an archive of artist that have profiles of...