Good composition. A simple idea yet not so simple to create a strong and effective one! Through my years developing as an artist, creating a good composition was definitely one of the things that I struggled with most. Even though I knew the theory and elements around composition, I still found it difficult to apply
Clouds – beautiful yet oh so tricky to paint! They often turn out looking too dark in a painting. They can also look toooooo solid. And what about when they look a bit two-dimensional?! Argh!! Enter Liz Haywood-Sullivan! Liz is a master at painting clouds and all manner of skies. I knew she’d be able
PanPastels. This is a medium I’m not familiar with. Since I’ve had a number of people ask me for information on this product, I thought I’d search out someone who could tell you about it. I’ve also had other readers ask me to do a blog about wildlife painting. In my research, I came across
When I first saw pastel artwork by Jeanne Tangney, I had to slow down and really look. I was mesmerized by the quality of light, by the mood, by the solidity of objects taking up three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface, by the quality of edge work, by the subtlety of colour and value transitions.
I love swimming. I love the feel of my body sliding through the water. I love the world below the water and the distortions in line, shape, and colour it creates. When I first saw pastel paintings by Michele Poirier Mozzone, I was fascinated by her perspective of looking up through the water at the
Hedgerows and flower heads, skies and leaves, paths and vistas – welcome to the world of Judy Tate! I’m comforted and delighted by Tate’s abstractions of the Dorset landscape. For some reason, they recall images from my English childhood books. And so I looked forward to the day Judy Tate would (hopefully!) be a guest
UPDATE! 15Nov24 – Since Michele Ashby contributed this guest post, she’s created more paintings inspired by her children. I’m excited to share these with you at the end of the post. ~~~~~ Over the last couple of years, I’ve featured three pastel paintings by Michele Ashby in my round-ups. Each time was of a different
I’m excited to have Gigi Liverant as a guest blogger this month. I have featured her work in monthly roundups ( October 2017 and December 2018) and love her vibrant colour, bold compositions, and expressive marks. I know you’re going to find her process fascinating as well as inspiring. And I LOVE her insistence on
This guest blog is a bit different than usual. Instead of one person writing a guest blog, I asked three artists the same set of questions all of which covered everything about painting horses. I’ve wanted to do a feature on painting horses, a subject that frankly scares me a bit. There’s so much accuracy
A bouquet of flowers – they lift us up and bring us joy. Which was one of the reasons I was taken by the work of this month’s guest blogger Steph Mouw – it goes beyond that happy emotional feeling. I’ve featured Steph’s pastel work twice in the roundups – the first was a still
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