If creativity is a flower, trust and belief are the soil, roots, and water that nourish it. Trust and belief are the rich earth in which the fruits of our labor are born and flourish. Without these essential components, the flower of creativity will lose petals, the leaves will wilt, […]
Month: March 2024
Zuzanna Pieczyńska’s Paintings of Loss
Zuzanna Pieczyńska won the Emerging Artist Award in the Jackson’s Painting Prize this year with her work ‘Christie’. In this interview, Jessica Alazraki, winner of the Emerging Artist Award last year, asks Zuzanna about how she investigates liminal space, grief and disappearance through light, space and colour. Jessica: When […]
Just Stop Oil now threatening to slash artworks
The ignorant idiots who’ve been assaulting artwork around Europe are now reportedly threatening to start slashing paintings – despite the fact the oil in the paintings is nothing to do with the oil they are protesting about. Alex De Koning, a spokesman for Just Stop Oil, said it was “insane” […]
First Days of Art with Kindergarten!
I have found that nearly every art teacher has struggled with teaching kindergarten at some time. I think the reason is that they are like a magical bag of tricks: you never EVER know what to expect! That’s why I dedicated an entire section of my book Art Teacherin’ 101 […]
Gurney Journey: How to Play Bucktail
This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You’ll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. Contact You can write me at: James Gurney PO […]
Violin Sketch, Photograph and Musical Works
“My Violin Sketch” [30th October 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, sketch with HB and 4B pencils, signed in black ink on 280gsm 250mm x 300mm gesso primed canvas [pad], digital image 1700 x 1990 pixels. Original freehand sketch drawing. The first draft to this sketch was completed in approximately […]
Review: Gaomon PD1610 pen display – This uses 16:10 aspect ratio!
Review unit provided by Gaomon Competition in the pen display market is so intense that it’s difficult for any single pen display to stand out. Almost every pen display in the market will have a competitor with almost similar specifications. What we have here with the Gaomon PD1610 pen display […]
Launching Your Site | FineArtViews
How to Start Marketing Your Art if You Don’t Yet Have Fans or Collectors We were hosting a FASO Members Only Live Art Marketing Webinar recently, and we spent quite a bit of time discussing reaching out to people on your mailing list, romancing people who have bought from you […]
Ep 119 Carmel Jenkin Figurative Artist
In today’s art podcast we are talking to Carmel Jenkin. Carmel is a figurative artist from Melbourne Australia who specialises in the female form. We both came across Carmel at around the same time but on different social media platforms. We were immediate fans. Her paintings are incredibly beautiful and […]
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 211th Exhibition in 2023
The OPEN Call for Entries for The Royal Institute of Water Colours (RI) Annual Exhibition in 2023 has been published. It invites submissions from both International and British artists over 18 years of age. The RI’s annual exhibition has been described by Rosa Sepple, Former President of the RI as…. “the […]