A very dear Dutch friend, an artist and art teacher in Rotterdam, has very kindly given me some assignments to help me loosen up and investigate the abstract in my approach to painting. I was bemoaning my frustration with my work, and how I want to explore new horizons. I feel moved to push myself…
Sunny days amidst the grey drear: a couple of weeks ago we had friends staying so we took the opportunity of taking them on the local tourist trail. The weather was stunning the one day when visiting Domme, reminding us why we live here! Distant views showing the flooded valley, we’ve had loads of…
Somehow, with time getting less and less available for painting, it feels as though I haven’t picked up a paintbrush for ages. So, thank goodness for the iPad, I’ve been quickly sketching on that and playing about with my images on the PS express app. This enables me to change or invert colours of any original painted…
The cranes have started flying north, a lovely surprise on St Valentine’s Day (Graham’s birthday), signalling that Spring is on it’s way. Frosty mornings and warm sunny days are on the menu at the moment, with primroses and violets flowering, daffodils about to bloom, and buds developing on the trees. So it’s been warm enough…
My New Year Resolution to paint more has involved mostly drawing and colour sketching, with a view to working in oils when it gets warmer. None of that freezing and starving in a garret for me I’m afraid; my cat sketches meant I could be in the warm kitchen right next to the Rayburn! Lucy the cat, who…
Although we shall see the arrival of Winter Solstice in a few days and mornings are heavy with frost, come noon, day after day we’ve been bathed in glorious glaring sunshine, the cristal clear light streams through windows with unforgiving brilliance, equally the cloudless nights are brimming with mystical moonlight, while the eerie shapes in the landscape cloak themselves…
I’ve just returned from attending a stimulating abstract art course in Cornwall. We were working/playing in oil and its various additives and media, like encaustic and standoil in addition to the usual linseed and liquin which I normally use. I really enjoyed working among like-minded people; we were quite an eclectic bunch although all of…
I joined an art class recently and we have a life model for a few weeks. An artist friend set up classes in the next village, he said to come along whenever I like, which is great because usually I have to drive miles for something like that. I enjoy being back working amongst a group of…
Since we have lived in France, every Christmas I have designed our Christmas card. It was a case of necessity to begin with, because the French did not send Christmas cards, therefore there were none to be found in the shops. Now it is easier to find them, but even so it still hasn’t completely entered…
Putting my thoughts about classical music into words.
Lily S. May--Life with Art
sharing the creative process of artist, illustrator, and book lover, Judy Watson
Sharing my work and thoughts....
painting...drawing...making small worlds
Essays on Mathematics and Culture
postcards from the hedge - a blog by Phil Cooper
views from the artist's studio.
ARTIST: oils, watercolours, trompe l'œil and design
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