I’ve been booked to do a demonstration called ‘soggy seasscapes’ on acrylics seascapes. I haven’t painted a full painting in acrylics for over ten years, since my tutor at university got me to try oils properly. Relearning how to use them is a process. Things I’d forgotten (even though I make my students use them) […]
Tag: experimentation
Finished!
I don’t know what it is, but taking a photo of a painting on my phone helps me spot those last little niggles on a painting. bonus points if you can spot the difference.
Art goals 2018
Having had the better part of a month off, I am now raring to paint again. Unfortunately I also have to get ready for work, At least i have my helpers. Does anyone else find that the more they tidy, the messier it gets? I’ve also been thinking over what I want to do in […]
Snow paintings
I’m pretty sure I’ve finished these three. On these I worked really hard on composition, tonal values and and my colours. Any comments and criticisms are welcome. From left to right: bird feeding tree, field shelter and hen house. Am I genius at naming things or what? And now I’m planning for the next ones….
Watersoluble crayons
I went for a days painting with my mums art class, got chatting to some of the ladies and discovered Pat Southern-Pierce, an urban sketcher, and how she has twisty pen crayons. I promptly started following Pat Southern-Pierce on Instagram and googled what materials she uses (Peter Pauper Studio Watersoluble crayons and the Duke 551 […]
Christmas Card
I painted a suitably chilly landscape for my Christmas card this year. I was planning it to be posted on Christmas Day to say happy Christmas and thank you for all your inktober support, but it just didn’t happen this year. Room for improvement in 2018! Fun fact: I had to ask a friend if […]
And I’m back. Artist improvement and not drawing everyday.
We got ofsteded. I am a perfectionist that rewrote all my lesson plans and SOWs. Then I got a horrendous head cold and am now frantically catching up on everything. Today’s post is brought on my contemplating a popular YouTubers ‘addressing the commenters’ video: I find her take on on improving and developing as an […]
Autumn leaves
I’ve finally succumbed to SkillShare. Illustration and inspiration: keeping a sketchbook by Leah Goren is the first class I’ve watched were I was inspired to do the ‘homework’. During ink toner I was desperate to paint the autumnal colours around me, and what better way than some quick ink and wash sketches? I put the […]
The hardest part….
…. is putting the finishing touches on, and debating whether or not they’re ‘ruin’ their piece. I usually encourage a more gunshot attitude (I am very good at telling my students to put more shadow in, height lights etc) but when it comes to commissions, my knees are knocking, and my hands are shaking. Luckily […]
Eyedropper conversion Preppy fountain pen
In all the excitement of inktober, I was carrying art materials around with me, and I mislaid my Lamy Safari pen. I have faith that it’s somewhere in the house and I’ve put it somewhere silly, that was perfectly logical at the time. Or it’s right in front of me. So when buying a present […]
Susanna Heath 
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