Starting Out

There is a tendency for beginner artists, and even very well seasoned artists, to approach the artwork over tentatively. The desire to produce the best work possible results in an-all-too-careful ...

The term collage is derived from the French 'coller' meaning to 'stick' upon. The collage form in art consists of a number of small pieces of material stuck upon a larger background material. This ...

The cliché of the romantic artist producing master works in fits of inspiration, whilst occasionally holding true, is generally a bad example to follow. If you reckon on one day being seized by the ...

To further build confidence in your drawing skills there are a number of 'loosening' exercises that can be easily tried alone or in a group. The purpose of these exercises is to free up the artist so ...

Whilst starting a work can be difficult, finishing can be equally tricky, demanding a level of awareness that can often leave a budding artist flummoxed! Often knowing when and how to finish a work ...

The Art World can be a daunting place for an artist starting out on their career. For many it will take years to even get a foothold in the galleries, for some it will never happen. The fact is that ...

Drawing and painting are about observing, seeing and communicating information. At one time drawing and painting were the most advanced ways of communicating data from one person to another! For ...

Drawing has a number of primary functions that differ according to the intended outcome. Primarily, drawing is seen to be any form of marking a surface with a view to creating a two-dimensional ...

Painting is a term applied to the deliberate application of paint to a surface, whether for decoration and protection of that surface, or in order to create an image upon that surface. Many ...