Valuing Art in the Curriculum Having taught in secondary schools for many years before setting up my own art business, I have a lot of experience of teaching art to children. Now my art business takes me into many primary schools where I meet a lot of art co-ordinators. Unlike their secondary school counterparts they [...]
It is easy to talk about techniques and methods of painting, colour mixing and how to apply paint, but none of these important issues are relevant, unless you have some idea of what you want to paint. Often it is getting the ideas that is the most difficult bit, so this month I thought I’d [...]
It is interesting how many of us strive to capture what we see in front of us in paint or pencil. We may interpret it in slightly different ways, but essentially, if paintings and drawings ‘don’t look right’ they are often dismissed or discarded. This is a very interesting approach to painting and drawing when [...]
Want to be Creative?
You have a blank piece of paper, canvas and the thought you want to create something, but where do you start? Being creative is harder than you think, but there are things you can do to get the creative juices flowing. Just start scribbling. The first idea is rarely the best just keep scribbling and [...]