I’m delighted to introduce you to this month’s guest blogger, UK artist Janine Baldwin. (I wrote about one of Janine’s pieces in a roundup – you can read it here). When I look at Janine Baldwin’s work, I can feel her response to her environment. She explores this relationship with vigorous strokes, with gestural lines, with scribbles,
I don’t know about you but I’ve been feeling overwhelmed by the crises we are currently facing in the world – the COVID-19 pandemic and the more recent revelation (again!) of racism, in this instance against black people, as seen in the context of police brutality. We’ve all been appalled by the dispassionate killing of
I don’t know about you but for the past few days, weeks even, I’ve been feeling a bit listless, a bit blah, a bit draggy. Sure I have work to keep me occupied, for instance, the work I need to do preparing classes, critiques, and demos for my IGNITE! membership, and the work I’ve been
You know when you’re painting and it just isn’t working out? Then perhaps you get a sudden impulse to do something, make a mark for instance, but your mind stops you saying, “No, no! not a good idea.” I want to encourage you to trust your impulse! Let me tell you my story of doing
Ambiguity in art: art work having several possible interpretations or meanings; of an uncertain nature. And why am I bringing this up? Think of the Mona Lisa’s smile. It’s ambiguous- we don’t know why she’s smiling and there are so many possible stories we could create. She’s kept us intrigued all through the centuries and
Recently, in my neck of the woods, we were treated to a lot of snow! Many artists took the opportunity to create snow paintings and a couple of those people asked me how I use colour under white, specifically under snow. So I made a small quick pastel sketch to show you how I ‘push’
I’ve been away from my studio for far too long so in the next few months, I plan to get into my studio on a regular basis and for longer periods of time. Show up and get to work right? That’s my plan. So a couple days ago, I headed into the studio with vim
WARNING: This is a very personal blog post. In it, grief and art come together. Yesterday I was shocked and stunned: I found out that Ray Dorge, my former life partner of 25 years, had died. Even though Ray and I separated 10 years ago (by my instigation), we kept in touch with the odd email.
If all you have is a limited palette, a lack of colour choices can stop you from painting some subjects. I’m here to persuade you to take up the creativity challenge with the pastels you have available – you may be surprised! Take today’s demo – a box of tissues as its subject. It’s a
So you think you have no time to paint? One of the things I learned doing the 31 in 31 challenge last month is that there really is always a way to carve out time to create art. I spend a lot of time on my computer these days, e.g. working on my blog, connecting with
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