A wonderful surprise this morning as I opened the latest issue of “Artists Drawing & Inspiration Magazine” inside seeing a feature of myself and my demo of using coloured pencils on drafting film.
A wonderful surprise this morning as I opened the latest issue of “Artists Drawing & Inspiration Magazine” inside seeing a feature of myself and my demo of using coloured pencils on drafting film.
During January, a bunch of us had a great time emersing ourselves in the world of pencils for a WHOLE day here at my studio. I had the absolute pleasure of teaching two workshops and I must say I really had such good fun sharing some of my experiences and techniques with others and talking… Continue Reading
If your an artist and want to move forward in your art career I would definately reccommend smARTist, its the only conference event that is solely dedicated to artists. For me the decider in whether to attend smARTist or not was – yes you can get lots of great information from a variety of sources… Continue Reading
Isn’t it odd that you can spend so much time on something think that you have it correct and then go back later and find its completely wrong ? I think its a result of rushing, having too much on your plate at once and also just too much information in your brain at once… Continue Reading
smARTist 2011 – I have to tell you while I was skeptical of this initially, I was instantly glad I took a chance to learn more from some professionals about how to move my art career forward I can’t tell you how inspired I was and so much of what I have achieved this year has been due to this conference.
I find it so interesting that I can meet people who relate to me for example in my design experiences and yet will have no knowledge of my artworks and vice versa even though I have multiple links in my signatures and websites to all of my work.
Why would someone buy your/my/any art? I found myself asking this question the other day as I walked around amongst other beautiful artworks. Putting myself in the position of the buyer not just for the perception of my own art but also if I was in the position to buy any art which would I… Continue Reading
The is an art to pausing, I am learning to love it..
Many of you may be aware I have started a while back the Australian Coloured Pencil network website….I have been busy building a site which contains a forum, a member gallery, a directory, a membership system, a blog and other stuff to go along with it.