It's started, the build up to Christmas is here. Selection boxes are in store, wrapping paper is on sale and Cadbury's Festive Friends...

Giclée what? A few years ago I'd never heard go Giclée. Gi-gi-what? To be honest, I thought it was some fancy French chocolate. Over the...

There’s one thing for sure, you will definitely be able to tell the difference between a pack of budget pencils from Wilko and a quality one

There's a BIG difference between imitation and inspiration. Inspiration. Inspiration can come in many forms and from many subjects. The...

You should not use grids. Simple as. No argument, no discussions. NUH-UH. Why? You may ask. It's simple. Grids are fine if you want to...

Our garden this summer has been jam packed with florals. It's like a flower comet from another planet decided to drop in on our...

And with a gentle sigh of relief we open up the doors to our socially distanced and new art class. I never realised how much I missed our...

Have you ever heard of that chain reaction story where a stranger smiles at another stranger and they in turn smile at another stranger...

This week saw us launch another YouTube semi-tutorial drawing! A drawing of a beautiful lady in autumn (hence the title) this video...

A short bio Berthe was born in 1841 to parents Edmé Morisot and Marie-Joséphine-Cornélie Thomas (a name that rivals mine for hyphens)....

I have to say, I’m super pleased that Jackson’s Painting Prize finally has a female winner. Jackson’s Painting Competition was my...

* My research into galleries and competitions showed the lack of diversity of artists of colour, gender and identities. This has also...

I like Mary Cassatt’s work; I like her early impressionist work, her later Japanese prints, her use of bright colours and the fact that she

Part one of this video set will be focusing on drawing a stormy/tempestuous (love that word) sky using pastels in blues, greys and white.

So when Yvonne cracked out the green pastels and said I'm going to draw a lady in green I just knew, I had to film it. If anything just to u

Sadly, as you might have guessed, we have cancelled all art classes at the moment. We don't want to but we feel it is necessary to follow...

The best way we thought to start our first week of Urban Structures/Landscapes month was to take our merry band of artists out for a...

I can't believe it's nearly March. MARCH. Two months of 2020 gone already and we are now 2 workshops through the year. We have a lot...

Little Warning: Small amount of nude life drawing ahead. Tuesday evenings pretty much suck for TV. There's not much on and frankly it's...

What you draw, create, paint might be worth more than you actually think. Take a read through our top 5 tips on how not to demean your...