Enjoyed a super day last Friday with the Avenue Art Group up in Garstang. The workshop was focussed on a summer landscape in the “mosaic” style and they produced some very fine work . some in double quick time so we had time to do a bit of “credit card” painting. A really fun and enthusiastic bunch who I hope to visit again in the coming summer. ... Read More »

I have been working on some ideas for a workshop and demo I shall be doing for Garstang Art group next Friday. The idea is to produce a sunny, summer,  landscape view. The style is as the “mosaic style” I enjoy so much but I have also been working on the foreground of summer flora which I should like to appear random and colourful. pleased with these three pictures which will form the basis of the demo and... Read More »

I saw this cartoon on FaceBook and I think it is just brilliant! Many students in my classes hold the belief that skill in art is somehow something you are born with. It is not! This cartoon sums it up so well, I think I shall take a copy of it and take it to every demo, workshop and class I take in the future! Well done Sarah Anderson and thank you Read More »