When it comes time to decorate your babys first room, you probably already have a lot of ideas in your head. You may wish to paint the walls pink or blue as is traditionally done, or you may want to go another way completely. Some families choose yellow or light green because they are great [...]
I have recently been looking at the numerous venues that you can use to site art shows in and wanted to offer some of the bytes of information I had come up with while finding the many sources you can use to make the exhibition edgier than what you might normally have.The first thing you [...]
In this age where valuable free time is so precious, where do we find relaxation, peace or solitude from the busy life of today with all it’s trials and tribulations. People use this time in different ways but I am sure that many opt for some sort of peace and tranquility. As a contemporary artist [...]
As far as easels go whatever you might choose ensure that it is certainly sturdy. The folding ones are a superb choice to invest your money in. An easel is not really an essential item, but these can prove very handy if you need to move around. These you can take anywhere to suit your [...]
Materials are important to the artist and like a lot of things in life, it is better to obtain the best that you can possibly afford. Painting isn´t always an easy craft – so your tools are very important to you. For example, if you choose mediocre materials the final result arrived at will probably [...]
Reading a more in depth interview on Jack Vettriano it seems that he is a very complicated man that is misunderstood as an artist by critics that have been saying he’s rubbish for so long that they wont admit that they were wrong from the start. Jack Vettriano is quick to admit his need to [...]
Having lived by the coast for much of my youth I was drawn to the artwork of Rebecca Lardner as I walked by a gallery window. The warm colours and gentle oil colours give an earthyness that makes you feel like a watcher peering out from your safe home by the coast. The artist Rebecca [...]
Enter a few key search terms into Google, and you’ll find a wide assortment at the touch of your fingerprints. There’s no need to have to scour every area of the city for that hard to get item. Everything that fits in a studio can easily be found through a search engine, with such a [...]
Having been born in Scotland and later married there I have a great love of the Scottish landscape. The saying Absence makes the heart grow fonder is a saying I really relate to and it wasn’t until later that I was searching round our areas gallery that I saw the work of Gillian McDonald an [...]
A lot has happened in the 20th Century, moon landings, the birth of rock and roll and the civil rights movement. We as humans have a lot to be proud of. While we may not always make the right decisions, we as a species have been really creative in all areas of our lives whether [...]
