Today I’d like to ask for your help. My teaching studio project is moving forwards. The big …
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Inspiration and practical advice for aspiring realist artists
Today I’d like to ask for your help. My teaching studio project is moving forwards. The big …
Continue Reading about Teaching Studio Update: Finding the Perfect Space
My big project of this year is opening a permanent teaching studio. As I move forward with it, I've …
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What are the best books for teaching yourself to draw and paint? Which are your personal …
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We artists do love to buy books. Especially books that promise to teach us how to draw or paint …
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A couple of weeks ago, I was involved in Julie Douglas' Draw-In in Belfast, a symposium celebrating …
What is it about birthdays that makes us reflective? Or is that just me? Here's my thoughts today …
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Have you done an art course you thought was really worth-while? My last post, Why You Don't Need …
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I get quite a lot of emails from people who want to learn to draw and paint better, but just don't …
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I generally write about practical stuff these days, but I'm breaking with tradition a little here to …
Continue Reading about A New Non-Anatomical Approach to Human Form For Artists
Ordinarily, I'm skeptical of self development books and the like. I'm skeptical of anyapproach which …