I had to research today to find an artist using numbers to make sense of the 64 Million artists January Challenge – An Important date! Todays task is going to be a complete experiment in my sketchbook using a mixed media approach. I did some research into artists using numbers in art and found MichaelContinue reading “Exploring Numbers in Art | A Creative Experiment Inspired by Michael Soltis! | 64 Million Artists Challenge”
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Sticky Paint
If you follow me on Instagram you will have seen that I have been on a Jake Winkle Watercolour workshop. Jake Winkle’s watercolour workshop was a master class of wet-in-wet technique. A technique that I have been trying very hard to replicate for years. Jake’s secret is to use sticky paint! Painting wet into wetContinue reading “Sticky Paint”
Simple figure painting exercise
I have decided to make my 64 million Artist posts and video’s available as tutorials. One of my favourite exercises was creating figures from watercolour splashes. Figure painting can be difficult, and people often make the figures too large and unbelievable. Adding a random element to figures will help your work enormously to look moreContinue reading “Simple figure painting exercise”
Can you make brushes for Watercolour?
I spent the month of January creating arty things as part of the 64 Million Artists January challenge prompts. This led me to ask myself lots of questions about my art practice, including can I make art green? Can it be sustainable? One of my favourite challenges was (re)imagine – taking something and giving itContinue reading “Can you make brushes for Watercolour?”
Exploring mark making with ink.
In this video I show examples of my work in sketchbooks and the kit I use while out working. I explore the use and making of a dip pen from a twig and show how I use Japanese ink stick and brush to create tone.
