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A yellow week for spring sunshine
Art Adventures, In the studio, Inspiration, PaintingThis is the week that spring has sprung! Walking on Monday morning the sunshine was welcome on my face and it made realise just how long it had been since I had felt that warm glow - and how GOOD it felt!
Funny, how sometimes we don't know…

Discovering new colours
Art Adventures, In the studio, Painting, SketchbookDo you find that you are always attracted to the same colours?
It may be colours you choose to wear, or to decorate your home. If you are a painter you will almost certainly have a colour palette that feels personal and natural to you.
Some…

Burnt Umber, Manganese Blue and Hansa Yellow Light
Art Adventures, In the studio, Painting, SketchbookBurnt Umber
Manganese Blue
Hansa Yellow Light
My first colour choice was completely random. Although nothing is really random so something must have directed me... Ok then...
Burnt Umber: because it is a staple colour and I needed somthing…

Collecting colours on a photo walk
Art Adventures, Inspiration, SketchbookIf you expect 'being creative' is the same as being productive you are expecting too much.
Part of the process is simply a conscious awareness. An awareness of surroundings and influences so that you choose which of these are relevant and which…