At the end of September, inspired by artist Bill Creevy who was doing his own 30-day challenges, I challenged myself to do 30 self-portrait sketches in 30 days. And amazingly (to myself anyway), I did it! Some days were easy and some days not so easy. Some days I made the time to do
I am excited about my new video, “Pastel Painting Tip – toning Wallis paper.” It’s a first in a series I plan to do that are short and give one great tip for pastel artists. So I’d love any ideas for more videos. Do you have any questions about pastels or pastelling? Bring ’em on!
My plan for these blogs has been to alternate between what I’ve been up to artwise and the bigger picture of art history. It’s worked pretty well…so far. But this past couple of weeks since returning from Chicago I’ve had the dickens of a time getting my teeth into some ‘big’ work. Yes, I
Okay, in my last blog, I promised you a blog post on some of the paintings I saw at the Art Institute of Chicago. The thing is, wow was it ever tricky to choose the few to include here! In a couple of cases, I felt some paintings deserved their very own post
A couple of weeks ago, I went to visit my Mum and Dad on Salt Spring. It had been a while since I’d spent some time with them and although I have good friends on SSI and always want to visit everyone, I decided to spend the time wholly with my parents. We planned to
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