Color is one of the most powerful tools in an artist’s tool kit, but it can also be complex and confusing. Teaser question: can you tell me what colour scheme my Cup and Saucer painting was painted in? (answer at the bottom of post) the fundamentals of colours, how they are created and how they relate to one another; basic…
Texture is everywhere! Your hair, an animal’s fur, the dimples in a golf ball, the spikes on a cactus or the stem of a rose, the rough surface of a rock or brick wall, wrinkles in a face or crumpled paper…. On Wednesday 21 November 2018 I will be teaching a workshop, using mostly hard and soft artists’ pastels, exploring…
After not doing very much painting or anything artistic for oh, about 15 months, the challenge posed to me by fellow pastel artist Gail Sibley came at a perfect time. I was itching to get back to the easel, so to speak, and that was just the little nudge I needed. What was the challenge exactly? To put pastel to…