Yesterday was the first live webinar I’ve given since coming out of hospital, and also the first time I’ve had a brush in my hands since then too. I’m not sure it was a good idea to do my first painting for a while live, but actually the webinar went pretty well. This one was
Artificial Lights for Painting
An interesting side-effect of turning pro is that I can’t always choose when I paint, mostly because I need to paint more. I still need to be producing even when there isn’t enough light to paint by. As well as painting, I do my free webinars late in the evening, UK time. That’s because the
Meditations on a well-used pencil
Let me just get this out of the way first: Two weeks ago, I had a heart attack. Sorry, I know that sounds a bit melodramatic. But I didn’t even know it at the time. For the rest of the following week, I thought I had a chest infection and just needed to take it
The Colour of Shadows
Getting your shadows right contributes immensely to being able to create a feeling of form, light and depth in your work. Shadows do seem to be particularly vexing for a lot of realist artists. But they really don’t have to be. If you put into practice what I’m going to show you in this blog
Can You Make a Living as an Artist Online?
So there I was, attempting to look interested at yet another boring marketing presentation. The head of department was droning through the introduction. My mind was on just about anything apart from the presentation. What I didn’t know was that this one was going to change my life. As the slides detailing the exciting restructure
How to Auction Your Paintings on Your Own Website
Lots of artists are auctioning their work online these days. The simplest way to do it is probably Ebay. Unfortunately, you can’t sell internationally on Ebay until you’ve got a certain amount of positive feedback. I’ve never been an Ebay seller, and most of the people that follow this site are in the US, so
Why Being an Artist Means Learning to Face Your Fears
“Being a professional artist means being continually willing to jump off a cliff” – Kathleen Speranza Kathleen Speranza is a superb painter of flowers. Look at this: Kathleen is a professional artist who has spent plenty of time in the trenches. She’s earned those gorgeous flower paintings. She’s also very wise. She wrote the above
A Short Guide to Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolutions
It’s cold, really cold. So cold the air is hard. The puddles are frozen solid. I’ve just got shorts on, trainers, a t-shirt and a light jacket. It’s 6 in the morning, it’s still dark and I’m running down the high street. I must be mad. There’s one thing I keep telling myself over and
What are your plans for 2017?
(yes, I do write mostly sitting on the bed. Banjo the cat is usually sitting with me. He’s an old fellow now and the bedroom is a safe haven for us both, especially while the kids – 7 and 3 – are off school!) What have you got planned this year? This year, at the
Colour is Easier to Learn Than You Think: Here’s How
There’s a pervasive idea in painting that colour can’t be learned. That you either get colour, or you don’t. If you’d asked me whether that was true a few years ago, I might have been tempted to believe you. I struggled and struggled with colour. I felt that there was some special knowledge that I
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