Drawing Inspiration: Invitations sent

The final invitations for the Private View of Drawing Inspiration should by now have gone out. If one or two have been missed out then they are statistical anomalies; that is my story and I am sticking to it.

Still Life: Mask and Greasepaint

The time I recently spent in the studio with a young artist was punctuated by the studio’s opening throes, and the odd bit of DIY. However, I did my own painting as well.

Studio Guests: Little Friend Susan 2

Not put off by her charcoal experience, L.F.S. returned for more.

Studio Guests: Little Friend Susan 1

Over the past weeks I have spent several days in the company of teenaged artists, letting them play around with my equipment. I had a bright GCSE student who practiced in pencil, charcoal, ink, and paint, and then I had

Printing Mountains: Order placed

I now have actual money in my DeviantArt account. I am a pro. I have validity! This means I should have registered as a sole trader already. Always a cloud for the silver lining.

Printing Mountains: Original delivered

I have handed the originals of Mountains, Pietro, and Blue-on-blue to my photographer, the very talented Peter Mennim, who is an artist in his own right. Other than a discussion on the finished surface of the oil painting, there was

New finished piece – Pietro

If you want to learn to paint, you should learn to use charcoal first. There are two ways of using charcoal. One is as a pigment, and one is as a paint. If you use it as a pigment you