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Degas breaking the rules of composition and framing – The dance lesson We’ve worked with lots of artists over the years who want clear instructions about how to draw or paint. At one level this is easy to answer, if you […]

Detail of Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci, who was rubbish at football. On Sunday a group of plucky lads narrowly escaped becoming national heroes. I know nothing of football but I imagine they were a bit disappointed. To […]

Mothing to see here We had a visitor in the studio this week, an exceedingly elegant lady who it transpires was a lime hawk moth. She was huge and plump with a seductively velvety belly. Most noticeably she was wearing […]

You may know the feeling. Notwithstanding a world class arts education, forty years of diligent practice, many sales and peer reviewed accolades, you discover that you haven’t a clue how to paint. On top of that you’re useless at drawing […]

Our studio, ready and waiting Are you a Post Covid artist? And what would that mean for you? Whilst not presuming to know any individuals personal reality, it seems that we have stared pestilence in the face, contemplated our mortality and […]

Sunshine Henry Hensche – Portrait of Loretta Bohaty We know one thing about the virus and that is that we are better defended against it when we have adequate amounts of Vitamin D in our systems. The best source of that […]

David Sawyer – Beddington Park in the snow. We had a snow day! Suddenly Instagram was filled with images of grown-ups going outdoors with childish glee to revel in the crisp whiteness of it all. Us painters of course grasped […]

Following the announcement by our Dear Leader it seems that we will be confined to quarters for the foreseeable future. Zoom it is. We heard mutters about restrictions being slackened by March but we’ve heard that sort of thing before. […]