Sunshine
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 […]
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Indoors and outdoors
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 […]
A Finny Story
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. […]
Planning in a Pandemic
Planning in a Pandemic Agata Smolska – still life study with grey and brown, from a class with Clare Haward We are in that curious liminal space between Christmas and New Year, nothing left of last year and not yet […]
Why the Big Reset needs us artists
The Big Reset. Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – Water Glass and Jug It should be clear by now that nothing will ever be the same again. Even after we’ve been inoculated beyond belief we will be addicted to online shopping and suspicious […]
Will you be feeling a little prick in the New Year?
Will you be feeling a little prick in the New Year? Will you be feeling a little prick in the New Year? It appears that those lovely people at big pharma have managed to pull a golden rabbit out of […]
What lies beyond the doors of uncertainty?
This is a drawing by Kate Langley from last Tuesday’s Fast Drawing group, it’s a great drawing but what is also notable is the way Kate has embraced the anarchy of the exercise and worked with the random marks produced. Here’s what […]
What if we make our drawing about the excitement of seeing?
One of Rodin’s fluid life drawings You may wonder why it is that we’ve been pushing creative drawing recently on our short pose life drawing sessions. We know we can teach you to draw accurately, we know that we can […]
What has Clare been doing during lockdown?
Clare Haward: A Year in Review Self Portrait in Green, Oil on Linen, 65 x 50cm, 2020 Clare Haward, who some of us are lucky enough to have learnt from has a good article about her up on Artsy.com along with […]
The secrets to painting architecture
Architecture in the Landscape with David Sawyer RBA St Martin’s in the Fields – David Sawyer Thursday Mornings 10.00am-1.00pm Learn how to paint the built landscape with one of Great Britain’s finest exponents Architecture is an important element in David […]