Normal people decide they want to do for a living. They then go and find out how to do it, do some training, go for interviews or pitch for work, and then spend their productive years putting it all into practice. And, ideally, getting paid for it. It’s entirely logical, but I’ve never quite managed continue reading »
I was at the County Show in the rain last week. Not through choice; I wandered round the show with the same bemused look on my face that a farmer might have if he stumbled into a boat show. There were children on ponies, large bulls being led round a field accompanied by men with continue reading »
Artistic people have the knack of making ordinary things beautiful. Last week I went to a concert in Goodwick, at a church overlooking the bay. It was an overcast evening, grey light on a grey sea and the breakwater cutting across the centre of the bay. There was half an hour before the concert started and continue reading »
If you’re not into watercolours I recommend a click of the mouse now before your eyes glaze over. For those who find sketching outdoors strangely exciting and challenging, here’s another of my colour mixing rants. It was the last day of term today for my art classes, and it’s become a tradition to escape the classroom and spend continue reading »
Perspective in art is a glorious illusion, something I’ve been using haphazardly for years in my paintings in a ‘hoping for the best’ kind of way. But the great thing about teaching something is that you have to learn about it first, so over the last few months I’ve been paying more attention. Perspective in continue reading »