by Sara | Aug 7, 2013 | Articles, For Artists, Fun stuff, News, Painting, Products, Technique
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,...
by Sara | Jul 18, 2013 | Articles, For Artists, News, Technique
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...
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 | Feb 25, 2013 | Articles, News, Technique
One of my favourite artists is Shirley Trevena. She is a British watercolourist of immense talent and I have long admired her use of strong colours which really push the medium to its limits. I was therefore interested to read that she felt she had become bored and...
by Sara | Jan 8, 2013 | News, Technique
With the start of a new year (2013) it’s always good to look at doing something different, new or experimental. With this in mind I thought that I would put together a series of informative articles with information that I hope will be helpful to readers....