The Artful Blog
The Doggy Advent Calendar
Getting motivation is a common problem and it is surprising where you can find it sometimes. An early project of mine was a kind of Advent calendar. I love Christmas, and enjoy the countdown to the big day. It helps to spread the fun around, so you can enjoy lots of...
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Where to start
Sometimes the first step is the hardest. When you have a blank piece of paper in front of you how do you make that first mark. You could potentially ruin that perfect white sheet. There is probably a classical, textbook procedure for starting a watercolour, but I’ve...
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Words of Advice
A voice from the past One of the surprising things about art classes is that you rarely take any useful advice away from them. At 6th form I remember various exercises exploring negative space, complementary colours, tone and perspective. Most of what we did seemed...
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