Why is it that anything remotely connected to being creative isn’t always given the green light? Are you one of those people who’ve thought about arts and crafts, but never quite go around to it? Perhaps friends or relatives aren’t encouraging you to get started. Or you are waiting for […]
Do you recognise this scenario? Your husband/wife/significant other buys you a beautiful box of watercolours, so you can start a new hobby. But the days, weeks and months tick by as procrastination takes over. Eventually the box ends up in the loft or is given away in a raffle. This […]
Ask a mountaineer why they climb mountains and they usual reply “Because it’s there…”. That basically sums up my relationship with painting trees. Trees in watercolour are challenging but essential in most landscape paintings. When did I realise I was rubbish at painting trees? It occurred to me a week […]
Creating a new Artwork is much like being a new mum. It’s painful, it’s exhausting, it’s frustrating but the pain and sacrifice is worth it in the end. But letting go of an artwork is another story… I think you would agree that most artists illustrate the consciousness of mankind. […]
As we approach the 100th Anniversary of the end of WW1, I’ve submitted a tiny painting as part of an exhibition. It’s prompted me to look into the life of a Flying Ace. The term Flying Ace was first used to describe the French Pilot Adolphe Pegoud who was a […]