COLOUR BLINDNESS
Ishihara test. Can you see a number? What is it? Background. An artist that I know surprised me when he told me that he was colour blind....
NUDES, WHY? SEX IN ART!
One of the reasons that I was interested in becoming an artist when I was just a teenage schoolboy was that artists had access to, and...
Acrylic Paint for Artists
ARTIST'S ACRYLIC PAINT Rowney introduced Cryla Colour into the UK in 1963. That was the first time British artists could experiment with...
DOODLING DOODLES
Doodles are visual evidence of thought happenings. If you have an artist inside you maybe you doodle when you have pen or pencil and...
PICTURE FRAMING ISSUES FOR ARTIS
I am not an expert in framing my artwork, but I know a man who is. In fact I know quite a lot of expert picture framers. That is because...
FAT OVER LEAN
FAT OVER LEAN... Fat over lean is a phrase that comes from traditional artist’s studios. It refers to the sequence that should apply when...
GROUNDS for ART STUFF
GROUNDS for ART STUFF This is not quite the same as ‘Grounds for Complaint’ or ‘Grounds for Divorce’. Grounds for art stuff is a term...
OILS, ACRYLICS, and WATERCOLOURS.
Oils, acrylics, and water-colours. Oils, acrylics, and water-colours, and are kinds of artists paint. There are lots of ways to make...
Watching paint dry.
Watching paint dry. Last Saturday I gave a demonstration of my acrylic painting technique in the huge, new, Great Art, artists supply shop i
Animals in Art.
ANIMALS AS AN ART SUBJECT. Many artists have depicted animals in their art. Myself included. In my case I have painted our black cat...
