I’ve always loved trees and that love has grown over the years. So it makes sense that I’m drawn to and fascinated by artwork of trees. Susan Story is an artist who focuses on these magnificent beings. Her work weaves together the intricacies of leaves and bark, branches and tendrils, and reveals the chaos that
A question I’m asked fairly regularly is this: How do I get into juried shows? This question tells me one of two things: This person feels ready to start submitting but isn’t sure where to start. They may also a bit apprehensive about being rejected OR He/she has already applied to juried shows and experienced
Bill Creevy. Born 24 May 1942, William (“Bill”) Charles Creevy Jr, PSA-Master Pastelist, Hall of Fame Honoree, left this reality on Monday, 7 December 2020 from complications due to COVID-19. I was deeply saddened to hear the news, both because of his passing and particularly because it was related to this pandemic scourge that has
One of my HowToPastel subscribers recently reached out to me. She’d been invited to demo in an open space, with COVID-19 precautions in place, but was feeling too afraid to do it. (Her fears weren’t related to the pandemic.) Because I’d recently demoed at Peninsula Gallery where my mini solo show was hanging, I knew
You all know how much I love colour! I love using it, I love seeing it, I love the feeling it gives! And I think this month’s guest, Clarence Porter, loves colour as much as I do 🙂 I encountered Clarence’s work for the first time at the ICAN conference and exhibition in Aurora, Ontario,
We’ve just finished HowToPastel’s 5th Annual 31-pastels-in-31-days Challenge held throughout October. The Challenge is always an opportune time to prioritize art-making. A few days after it ended, however, I began seeing the odd post that expressed feelings of withdrawal and a bit of anxiety and sadness because someone is missing painting every day or they
Animal portraits. Every now and again I get a request for information on how to paint animal portraits. In these cases, it’s best to go to the experts…like Heather Laws. A few years ago, I was taken by one of her cat portraits and featured it in one of my monthly round-ups. You can see
Recently in my IGNITE! membership, I created a mini-course on this question: How should one deal with the foreground in a painting? It’s a common question. I’m going to give you a number of pointers and take you step-by-step through one of my paintings to illustrate what I’m talking about. (If you want to read
Hey! It’s time for another guest post. Whoo hoo! And I was thinking it was time to move to the still life as subject. With this thought came berries in glass and unmade beds….namely the work of this month’s guest, Jeri Greenberg! I’ve featured Jeri’s work three times in my monthly roundups. The first was
Creating art is hard work! Some context….I’m at my Mum and Dad’s on Salt Spring Island. I’ve joined them for their 14-day quarantine on their return to Canada and so far, we’ve had a lovely time together! On our To-Do list is to paint so a couple of days ago, Mum and I set up
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