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Online Pop Up Art Exhibition
2013 has been a huge year of growth for Sara Paxton Artworks, and we are hitting the ground running as we see in the New Year with our first online Pop Up art exhibition. The idea came up whilst enjoying a coffee in a Melbourne cafe on a sunny Saturday afternoon - the...
Does Painting to Music Increase Your creativity?
Painting and music are two different art forms yet are easily paired together. Painting without music is like painting in darkness. Every sound is a movement in the painting, and every tone is a new stroke. The two go hand in hand and inspire colours, techniques and...
The Truth Behind Giclee Prints
Creating giclee prints from artwork and photographs has become a common way for artists to reproduce their loved works. The advance of giclee reproduction and the subsequent advances in printing technology, especially in the last ten years. Allows artists everywhere...
What Makes an Artist? Sara Paxton Q&A.
Recently, I found myself in a Q&A with 'Artin' Geelong'. It was actually quite an eye opening experience as it was one of the first times I had been interviewed in a question and answer context. The range of questions were fantastic and they really got down to the...
Painting En Plein Air
Painting en plein air simply means painting out “in open air”. When the weather permits many artists like to grab their painting supplies and head into the great outdoors. It’s not a new practice. Plein air painting became fashionable in the latter part of the 1800’s...
Melbourne Oil Painting Exhibition
I am very happy to finally announce the starting date to my Melbourne Oil Painting Exhibition on the 11th of September. I have been preparing for this exhibition for close to six months now and it is fantastic to finally see it all happening. If you are singed up to...
Stephen Wiltshire: Artist Extraordinaire!
Stephen Wiltshire is a phenomenon. What makes Stephen Wiltshire marvellous is his art. What makes Stephen Wiltshire even more extraordinary is that his methodology is unparalleled in the world of art and artistry. While most of us have difficulty remembering where we...
8 Must Read Art Books
If you happen to be an artist or even the slightest bit interested in painting or art, you have stumbled upon the right article! Below are 8 must read art books that you can't afford to ignore. These books range from incredible people, doing incredible things, to the...
The Positives and Pitfalls of Writing an Artist Statement
Many artists complain about writing an artist statement and some even refuse. For visual people finding and organizing words into paragraphs to describe the multi-dimensional flow of variables that come together when they are creating seems impossible. However the...
