Landscape+Painting Archives - Wendy Dashwood https://wendydashwood.com/tag/landscapepainting/ Visual Artist Wed, 21 May 2025 12:30:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 147059630 Why You Don’t need Permission to Start a New Creative Hobby https://wendydashwood.com/why-you-dont-need-permission-to-get-creative/ https://wendydashwood.com/why-you-dont-need-permission-to-get-creative/#respond Sat, 12 Sep 2020 20:00:59 +0000 http://wendydashwood.com/?p=1889 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 […]

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]]> https://wendydashwood.com/why-you-dont-need-permission-to-get-creative/feed/ 0 1889 Procrastination: What’s stopping you from starting a hobby? https://wendydashwood.com/procrastination-stop-waiting-and-start-creating/ https://wendydashwood.com/procrastination-stop-waiting-and-start-creating/#respond Sun, 19 Aug 2018 19:09:40 +0000 http://wendydashwood.com/?p=939 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 […]

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]]> https://wendydashwood.com/procrastination-stop-waiting-and-start-creating/feed/ 0 939 I Entered Sky Arts…and Painted the Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done https://wendydashwood.com/the-worst-painting-i-ever-created/ https://wendydashwood.com/the-worst-painting-i-ever-created/#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2018 10:55:05 +0000 http://wendydashwood.com/?p=539 How I Ended Up on Sky Arts… Sometimes Artists make terrible decisions just like the rest of us. And, in 2015 I made a whopper of a bad choice when I took part in Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year competition. Sadly, from the minute I pitched my easel […]

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]]> https://wendydashwood.com/the-worst-painting-i-ever-created/feed/ 1 539 10 Top Tips for Painting Trees in Watercolour https://wendydashwood.com/how-hard-can-it-be-to-paint-a-tree/ https://wendydashwood.com/how-hard-can-it-be-to-paint-a-tree/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2018 11:18:53 +0000 http://wendydashwood.com/?p=865 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 […]

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