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[ I do mixed media and collage because I can easily express myself more than speak. My challenge is how I show my subconscious mind to everyone without moving or saying physically - it's all about...

I'm a Leicestershire based artist, having taken up painting as a full time career in 2000. Prior to this, I painted for many years as a hobby whilst holding down a full time job in research and...

Bridget and I are so much looking forward to welcoming you to Ballynakill and Rosleague this autumn. We are excitedly planning our program and events, while staying in touch with former students and...

Am trying to get all this right! Have just registered and have put on one of my paintings and had fivce comments already! Am so excited about this connection with overseas artists. I am a South...

I've managed to build up a minor following for my scenes of Rye and Hastings (Yes! I get followed home from the pub by gangs of kids throwing stones...). This year however I am embarking on a change...

I am an artist living in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. My mediums are watercolor and oil. I feel have been influenced greatly by the art of John Yardley, Ron Ranson, Edward Seago, and Ed Wesson. ...

How to know when to stop. Paint & equipment. Selecting locations. How to let the landscape speak through your brush. How to find inspiration in unlikely places. Going out prepared. How to edit. How...

I just love to paint, and draw anything, depending upon my mood. I am very new to this art scene, so I welcome any tips or comments from our art veterans and newcomers. Last Christmas(2008) my wife...

The subjects of my paintings are mostly townscapes that remain romantic in every sense, sometimes extravagantly theatrical. I have a hunger for colour which is apparent in my paintings and is often...

I am based in Nottinghamshire and have been going to art classes concentrating on watercolours and drawing for three years. I started out sketching with a variety of pencil types before moving into...

I have always had a keen interest in art and was always in the top two at school. I wanted to pursue a career inart by attending the, then, Falmouth School of Art but this didn't happen and I...

Hello, I'm nearly 64 (no Beatles songs please) and have been painting for the last 11 years. I'm always having painters block but when I finish a piece of work, 'Another Masterpiece' is my cry. ...

I am Christopher John Hollins. A person who has become possessed by an idea about painting that has driven me from painting ‘traditional’ representational images to abstract ‘action’ painting. I...

I am a 38 year old mother of five school aged children. The significance of that is that I am only just getting into life outside the house after spending 14 years as a fulltime housewife and...

My name is Angie Phillip and my time is divided between Leeds and South Derbyshire - I paint in both places. I find this site a glorious opportunity to 'meet' other artists, to see what they're...

Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson said that every man needs a shed. A euphemism for escape from work, domestic responsibilities and general grown-upness. My studio is mine. I can hide there and I'm allowed to...

The parallel universe of the orthodox imagery seen through the prism of the present. My pictures present the mysticism of a people who has always known how to preserve himself during the centuries...

Hello! Thanks for stopping by to read my blog. Like most of us, painting and drawing have held a fascination for me since a small boy but even though I was fortunate to have some good instruction I...

We are an active Art Society with 300 members. Each year we have an exhibition to show our work. There are a wide range of subjects in painting, and many medias used. Also 3D work is exhibited. All...

I started painting when we moved to Suffolk in 1997. I had little work at the time and I was lucky enough to "land" in a weekly daytime class tutored by Julie Hamburger. She has remained a great...

Thought it might be nice to share some of my outdoor photos, sketches & watercolour sketches from my neck of the woodsin Wales. I'm very inspired to draw & paint by the natural world & doing this...

Learning to paint takes a lifetime! I've learnt most through teaching others and writing art courses, which have made me really study the subject. I started painting when I was very small, and...

National Portrait Gallery...Here I Come!.....Well, give me a few years and I might stand half a chance! I gave up my job in microbiology about 4yrs ago and decided to start making veils , tiaras and...

A blog created specially for all my friends on the site.

hi ,i have been painting about 4 years now and i am a member of several art clubs localy i spend all my time at the art clubs to teach and encourage the members to paint,i seem to get more enjoyment...

Hi, My name is Wanda, I live in Dorset with my wonderful hubby Kevin, My lovely sweet boys Hayden and Bowen, My Dad Chesney, My 3 dogs,cat,hamster, tortiose and 8 guinea pigs. Wow, think that is...

I'm self-taught so far as oil painting and acrylics go. I like to combine my artwork with my own spirituality, right down to choice of colour, type of landscapes I paint etc. It might sound a bit...

Why call my blog Art on an island? Well, I do live on an island off the south coast of England and there is a thriving art community here. I have been painting in one form or another for most of my...

I was born and raised in the town of Hai Duong, Vietnam country. After graduating from University Art HA NOI in 1998, I stay HA NOI continue living and painting. I specialized in drawing and oil...

I'm an amateur artist, my day job is far harder work. I have been painting, drawing etc for the past three years, mostly watercolour, bit of pastel ,oils, acrylic and coloured pencils. Favourite art...

Carole Baker RBSA was born in 1965 in Lichfield, Staffordshire. She trained as a Graphic Designer and ran her own business for 18 years. Then in 2007 she turned to painting full time from her studio...

I am VOLUNTARY leader of The Arts Group In Eastwood, 19 members at present. That;s Eastwood,Nottinghamshire. Basically I'm a self taught artist with teaching qualifications. I have learned from...

Hi, new to this site, however I've meen teaching for 10 years and a lifetime of painting. With a natural ability to draw I can demonstrate a variety of subjects sue will show students different...

As a school student I failed art and had no ability at all??? However, all my life I have loved art and longed to be able to produce artworks. At the ripe age of 45 I started to learn a few folk art...

Hi , Im new to this but am looking forward to blogging and I think forming to talk to people in england and elswhere in the world if possible . I really am a techno phobe. Well rigth now it is 4:00...

I am a hobby painter and paint primarily to relax. I find that painting takes away the cares of a full time management job, I can just melt into a painting. I started painting after a visit to the...

I have been painting seriously since retiring in 2000. I'm basically self taught, but have attended various courses and am a member of Dulwich Thursday Painters and Bromley Art Society. Have...

Hello, I'm new to blogging so here goes. I have taken up art in the last few years and have a few local courses etc under my belt. I am now at the stage of looking for the inspiration for my...

These are extracts from my main blog, Boogie Street, which i've been writing for five years now. For links within the text which can't be seen here, please follow this link to the main blog...

Carlos Botelho or Bottelho Chaves, 1964 is a Portuguese painter and sculptor. He currently lives in Lisbon. He created the Monument to the Fireman. Born in Chaves , district of Vila Real -...

This is my very first attempt at a blog, so bear with me please. Hi, my name is Brenda and have always been keen on arts and crafts. Since I turned 60 and became what is commonly known as an OAP...

I first discovered paintings when at the age of 10 my teacher banned me from the school choir. (I cannot sing in tune). The choir was practicing for the end of school year concert. During these...

I have had a little rest from Blogging but here I am back... bad pennies and all that. I live in a rural bit of north Wales, lots of sheep and cows. I have been picture making for along time,...

This is my first time blogging, been a member two days ago. I was introduced by my sister to the site a few months back and have enjoyed and learned a lot. Watercolour is my medium and have done it...

My name is Penny. I live and work in Yadkinville, North Carolina,USA. I love painting and drawing still lifes and landscapes. You can read all about me at my website www.pennyeverhart.com. I...

old paintings are interesting. they are soft without any sign of brush strokes. how could they paint like that?

I am a 17 year old student, just out of college. I am about to begin my art journey, beginning with a foundation course in September 2009 and then to University in September 2010. I am still dipping...

my introduction to painting was completing a "painting by numbers" left unfinished by one of my children, that was about 40 years ago!!!! My main medium now is watercolour, landscapes in particular,...

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For the past few years, I seem to have drifted away from my paints and brushes. In a certain sense this void has caused me to become much more aware of my surroundings and observations, of the need...

Why is it that art shops only seem to stock W&N and Daler Rowney watercolour products, where are Sennelier and Schminke etc. Don't get me wrong i like W&N and prefer to buy British but is this a...

Born In Loughborough, Leicestershire on 30th of March 1979. Married in 2005 to my lovely wife Claire. Live with our dog called Harley. Self taught artist in Oil, Watercolour, Pastel. Just like my...

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hello im vicky, i am a nurse , but enjoy painting as a hobby i have never had any art lessons and no doubt it shows in my work, i have recently put some of my work on for you all to see and give...

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Roger Blackwell's computer-generated painting is as much art as if he had wielded a paintbrush and slapped pigment on paper or canvas. I deliberately go out with my digital camera to take pictures...

Hi this is a first for me so here goes. I was born on the Isle of Wight, left in the early sixties to travel with my husband going to live in Germany, Holland and Norway; my husband's work also...

Has it ever occurred to you that you get this urge and crave to draw and paint but you can't get the subject of what actually you want to paint? I usuually look around and try in vain to find an...

Hello, let me introduce myself. I am a portuguese painter and visual art´s teacher. I have a Degree in Painting, at the the Arca-Etac in Coimbra, while teach at the Basic School Martim Freitas, in...

This is the blog of Lesley Birch, painter and printmaker, living in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Lesley works as a teacher part-time in York (to pay the mortgage) and paints and makes prints the...

Hi. I'm writer, poet, artist, interpreter and tutor, above all, Christian person. I think in all of my years on planet earth, I've been doing everything and anything to keep busy and the only thing...

I would really love to paint pictures in Mallorca. I love the Island so much.

I cover paper, sometimes it's a painting and some times it isn't! I have come to painting seriously rather late in life, and to help I took a successful 2 year life-drawing course at Derby's...

I AM 67 yr old lincolnshire yellowbelly and only took up painting watercolours after i retired at the age of 63 in order to look after my wife who had suffered a brain aneurysm. A friend introduced...

Name. David Bishop Age. 56 Home. Norfolk As a young boy I always loved to draw but sadley lost confidence as, there always seamed so many other people in my school art class better then me....

Although a few weeks away there is still much to do in organising the next Exhibition of Rugby & District Art Society. This is our third exhibition this year and is to be held at Floor One Rugby Art...

I am a largely figurative painter living and working in the south-east. Like many painters I started as a landscape painter but my love now is painting portraits and the human form in oil and...

I'm in the middle of a part-time Fine Art degree course. I hope to keep you posted on what I'm up to throughout the next couple of years, in between assignments and assessments!

Hello, I'm Daffni. I'm English but have lived here in Wales since 1985. I have always painted from childhood but languages have been my main passion and also my bread and butter. I paint mainly in...

I have received some comments about 3 paintings in my gallery, but seem unable to download the files to read the comments - any help? I use Windows which doesn't seem to recognise some files. anyone...

After 3 years of painting actively I decided to take drawing and composition classes as I was not feeing all that sure about proportions and copmposition in my paintings. Feeling surer now

Hello my name is Carol (or Cazzy or Caz) I work with encaustic waxes on canvas, mdf, watercolour paper as well as the usual encaustic art card. I have also used glass, wood and mirrors as a support...

For the last 15 years I have been working out of the country. I always have had a “passion for Art”, yes I know it sounds clichéd, but there it is. The big problem is that artists materials are big...

hi, i'm just someone who paints now and then, but i like to know what people think of my work. i'd be most grateful for any and all coments. i know some of them will be negative but that's the way...

Hi there, I am a member of Falmouth Art Society and we have our Annual Exhibition this month at the Methodist Church on The Moor in Falmouth. Hopefully you can visit us between Wednesday 19th...

Hi there, I have been interested in watercolours for about 8 years, although as a youth, I used oil paints. I managed to sell a couple back then. But, for quite a while I just dabbled with it. I...

Have just entered my first artworks on here.I am afraid I am not quite up to the standard of some of you other fine artists. But still constructive criticism is welcome. My tutor always says I do...

Hi everyone and anyone! This is my very first time at blogging. I have been persuaded to try it by some fellow artists on this site. I have never done it before because I think I do not have much...

Hello everyone, hope there are literature fans among the artists here!!

Hello to everyone out there, I am new to this but wanted to share something that has happened to me lately with you. Don't worry its not bad, its just one of those things that I always wanted to...

Many active artists keep a sketchbook. They usually gather dust under other 'might be useful' items on the studio floor! Last year I gathered eight volumes together, scanned and enhanced some 500...

Since living in our motorhome for two years, while renting out the house, we arrived back November 2006. We had our second summer season in our gallery, on the Isle of Lewis. It has been very...

I'm self-taught artist, my talent just emerged. I like to paint any subjects but never been satisfied with my works. Last year I started to love gardening, then enjoy more painting flowers and...

Just realising what an influence art has had on my life... Children today have so much to hand, bright colours, choice of art supports, brushes, equipment...I wonder if this often leaves nothing for...

I am a 61 year old Vietnam Veteran, who has been interested in art all my life. I have a AS Degree in Fine Art, have done wood work, oil and some drawings. I am married, three children, and 6...

The canvas develops into the 17th century, have obvious changes from skill and technique to skill, having produced great Spanish painter's committee Lars to prop up expensively in this period, he...

I've tried over a number of years to 'get into' water colour. My main problem is time. By the time I have thing set up it's practically time to put things away again (no studio facility). I don't...

I have always loved art but uninspiring teachers at secondary school and a rebellious attitude meant I never took it seriously. I eventually stumbled upon painting by accident three years ago and...

Hi I'm Hector. I will comment here from time to time.

Hello all, I was very pleased to find this web site, there are so many sites, finding one that feels comfortable is nice. I hope to learn lots of new things here. I've painted all my life but have...

Hi, i'm pretty new to posting my stuff online. I moved from pencil work 3 years ago and moved on to water colour. I really enjoy water colour and realism. My last Art Tutor was fantastic and...

Hi all, Here is a brief description of myself and experience... Born in Pwllehli Wales in 1965. I started enjoying art as young as 9 years. I am completely a self taught artist and...

I am not sure if my layout is correct, however,..... I am in the final year of my HND and am preparing myself for next year when my intentions are to show my work via exhibitions and cards. I am...

43 year old just starting out needing all the help i can get......

I've staggered accross painters online website as i've been trying to find out who Donald Brian Smith is or was. I have inherited a watercolour of Wells cathedral painted in (i think) 1965. I...

Hi I'm jeannie - an artist from norfolk. I love painting and experimenting with art. From starting in 2002 with watercolours I've worked through and had fun with soft pastels, oil pastels, acrylics,...

I'm a 40 something living in west sussex and I have painted most of my life ,the only 'o' levels I got were art and pottery. but couldn't go onto art college my family couldn't afford it. I was...

Another article I have made and decorated is a padded box seat. Painting method is the same with the added use of masking tape to make the borders. I am no real expert when it comes to carpentry...

Hello iam new I have started doing painting by watercolour. I am having a lot of difficulty doing trees when there is a mass of them especially when there is a house or cottage with trees round...

After years of wishing, I am going to bite the bullet and get creative. This is my blog about my progress... or lack thereof... in reaching my goal of becoming a fully-fledged artist.

British artist, working in oils and acrylics, with some ventures into photography and video. In 2009 my work has taken a new direction, embarking on a series of portraits. My intention is to...

Hi all, I've put a painting (http://www.premioceleste.it/indi/_pics/2008_andreuccetti_2651_3456_3626702972_t.jpg) on contest and I need your help to increase my rank. The contest is PremioCeleste...

I am an artist and a student and over 50. I live in Aotearoa/New Zealand and try to preserve some sense of humour. This blog is an opportunity for me to express my views on art and art education. Of...

I am an artist and a student and over 50. I live in Aotearoa/New Zealand and try to preserve some sense of humour. This blog is an opportunity for me to express my views on art and art education. Of...

Just moved to the West Highlands of Scotland and, as well as learning about the local life, I am relising what a wealth of subject matter there is iin the landscape of sea and mountains that surround...

Hi im a part time artist. One day planning on becoming full time. I work manly with acrylics. I love the bright colours!!! I cant paint with water colours. I find them to delicate. I like to sploge...

I have my own exhibition coming up soon and need to insure my artworks against theft, vandalism and damage and also arrange public liability cover. I've had a look at what SSA offer, and whilst the...

I'm a newbie - well, an oldie newbie. I cannot claim any talent for drawing, sketching or painting - but I do so love daubing colour on paper. I admire those with talent and try to emulate...

Hi. I'm new to this site and must say I have found it to be brilliant. Its great being able to see other peoples work and be able to tell them how you feel about it. I've had a few good comments back...

Hi, I live in Frankston,Melbourne Oz. Near the bay and among the tea tree. Inspirations are all around me with the town and the beach , vistas from the top of Olivers Hill. I am enjoying using...

Hello everyone My name is Jo-Anne Clarke, and I am an artist living in the North of England. I currently work from my home studio, otherwise known as the kitchen! I have rigged a wall easel and...

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i am a self taught artist who has been painting for twenty years. my choice of medeum for most of that time has and is acrylics. i have used oyher media but i always seem to come back to the lovely...

Hi, I am new to this site. I found it via a reference in a book by Hazel Soan. I am looking forward to seeing what's on here and meeting new artist friends. I like painting and writing poetry. ...

this is Tejas Soni from India..m a freelance sculptor and a painter ...i m a self taught artist .in this field since 1990.i m starting today i mean tonight to write about wat i feel about the...

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I am a Fine Art Dealer in Mid Kent who four years ago decided to learn how to use watercolour. I am inspired by JMW Turner and HB Brabazon who both spent their entire lives practising their art....

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.

I am 56 years of age. I retired from nursing at the end of 2004 and then attended Art School for 3 years. This year I had to arrange a solo exhibition which opened on the 16th November 2007 and...

It's now one year and one day since I moved, paints, palette and pussycat to the fabulous Languedoc area in South West France. Within a couple of months I had started my own art class and have now...

I had arranged two solo exhibitions of my oil paintings in the city of Ahmadabad. Ahmadabad is my home town and it is in Gujarat state of India. I used oil paints available in the local market. But...

I had arranged two solo exhibitions of my oil paintings in the city of Ahmadabad. Ahmadabad is my home town and it is in Gujarat state of India. I used oil paints available in the local market. But...

Hi folks I cannot say I'm an artist I started painting, 3 years ago, when I was going through a very bad moment in my married life...I was slowly getting depressed when after 4 months, I decided to...

Since taking up art five years ago i have been attending local art classes & my preferances have been watercolour. Landscapes & seascapes are my favourites but i do attempt other subjects as you can...

hi my name is Garry Smith and i live in Middlesbrough in the north of England and i beleive one one of the most senic and diverse parts of the country. i have only been painting for a few years so...

Well, this is it! The first time the talkative one starts filing a bit of cyberspace with her blabbing, <giggles> ^o^. I guess it's good for talking when there is no one to talk to but myself - or to...

I'm still struggling to make a decent living from painting here in Coventry. When I actually get the time, I'm never happier than when I'm lugging my pochade box around the local countryside...

i decided when i retired to try my hand at painting and although i enjoy it, i am still never confident with the results, perhaps this will come in time. i have tried all mediums but always go back...

I am 70 years old. live in Zimbabwe where we can buy nothing at all. I have longed to paint all my life. Never had an art lesson as I was a child migrant sent here from the U.K. I am at last going...

I have recently bought Judi Whitton's book 'Loosen up your Watercolours' and have made my first attempts to follow her techniques. I wonder if anyone else has done the same. My attempts seem to...

I paint all kinds of subjects (see gallery), mainly in water colour, but I'm branching out into acrylics and pastel as well. I really love teddy bears and design and produce loads of cards every...

Hi, this is my first ever blog, hope you like it. Tell me if you think I could improve it. I have been painting since 1983 and had many exhibitions in Hampshire and was lucky enough to sell quite a...

Hi world! Anyone interested in marinr painting ? Is this a "blog" ? whole new world. ! Colin.

I have been painting and drawing since i was 9 . winning competitions spurred me on to do portraits for people at an early age . having 5 children i missed a few years and then got back into it. i...

Hi, I'm retired, have lots of time but like most wish I could get myself motivated. I love painting w/c but often find lots of excuses as to why I should do something else instead. I live in a...

Hi all you art lovers, I'd like to share with you my frustrations in my lack of participation with our common interest of creating works of art. I hope that in putting down in writing my thoughts...

I am 63 and have been attending Adult Education Painting & Drawing classes since May 2008, I had not painted before. My tutor has now actually exhibited one of my paintings in a gallery for...

I am retired and have been painting for about 3 years. I live in Dorset where there is so much inspirational scenery for the artist

Hi. I live in the U.S. I am retired and started art work about three years ago. I love combining media. I have worked in watercolor, acrylic, printmaking, and collage. I would love to hear from...

I am very much an amatuer painter/drawer but I try to do a little each day and would be pleased to get a little feedback as long as it's not too strict, I am after all very much a "hobby" artist!

I returned to art after 35 years in electronics engineering by painting the faces of friends from old dinner party photographs! Someone had said that portrature was the most difficult subject to try....

Hi , I'm a professional artist of some 32 years . I am a member of " Artists for onservation " A commission to...

I've been painting for many years and am still learning. Just began using the Atelier interactives and finding it really trying! I first began with oils and pastels and they are still my preferred...

I started painting seriously again about a year ago. I live in France and have done so for the last 5 years, so there is lots of inspiration. I took art at school, but apart from that have had no...

Look at the image and realistically put yourself in the shoes of the boy sitting in the wheelchair. Image being hit so hard that your heart is instantly ripped across your chest, bones shattering...

Art has been my driving force for 10 yrs. or more.It helped to give me feel good.I waited impatiently for the months mags,the latest materials,any pictures that inspired me.(there was so many).There...

Art has been my driving force for 10 yrs. or more.It helped to give me feel good.I waited impatiently for the months mags,the latest materials,any pictures that inspired me.(there was so many).There...

Art has been my driving force for 10 yrs. or more.It helped to give me feel good.I waited impatiently for the months mags,the latest materials,any pictures that inspired me.(there was so many).There...

Available only as a limited edition fine art print. This original painting is sold as an art commission from the National Infantry Museum as a gift to Mrs. Colin Powell, the wife of the former US...

I have no experience of blogs, but here goes, and what a 'tagline' is is a mystery to me, no doubt I will learn. Having painted all my life and added to my skills as a registered architect, working...

Beauty is everywhere! And it’s my goal, as an artist, is to find that beauty and to share these wonderful sights and feelings it with others. There is a hugh difference between pretty and beautiful...

Bill Truslove, Pastel artist.I just love the wonderful medium of pastel. I started painting in 1986 when I was stationed in Woomera, Sth Australia. I didn't fit in with the local pastimes of sport...

Nicola Antonia Johnson Nicola (also known as "Naj") is a self-representing artist based in Norfolk. Her work has sold to private individuals as far afield as Australia and the US, in addition to...

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I'm Pat, I live in a pretty part of Gloucestershire. I'm a printer, and a pastelist primarily, but in fact, I enjoy using most mediums and I've been fortunate enough to exhibit at the Mall galleries...

Tired of talking to myself, I thought I'd like to share the occasional thought with other artists, not least because I'm a little isolated physically (no car, somewhat disabled, not yet, at least, a...

I have been painting for several years for my own pleasure, starting at night school to get me through a bout of depression. I have tried different mediums but enjoy watercolours the most, I...

I thought I would introduce myself as I'm new to this site and this is the first blog I've ever written. I presently live in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, but will soon be returning to my home in...

I have some scribbles to share with you and thoughts about it all. I would be happy to learn more about your way of painting, and hope to get your view on everything connected to painting and...

Hi!Here I am! From a dreamer to being passionate about art and then to blogging here finally....Don't know what a tagline is??????.I am 56 years old in an empty nest!Still struggling to pursue my...

Hi everyone. I have been painting for 8 years and mostly work in watercolours and acrylic. I have attended many un -accredited art courses but feel like I need a new challenge. I am considering...

yes I do paint -but this is a short story -and a true one. A few years ago whilst working on a Gas Rig for British Gas we were absolutely gobsmacked to have Aneka Rice (beautiful TV celeb)arrive...

A new member and may have missed earlier comments, but what do other amateur artists really think about the daubings, expensive daubings, of Jack Vettriano. Mechanical reproductions of photographs,...

79 years old and paints every day. It's a part of my daily routine. when I say I paint every day I mean that I DO a full painting every day Don,t ask me where I get it from Started 6 years...

My name is Dave Soutar, I have recently retired. I want to use my free!! time to develop an interest in the world around me by drawing and painting. I have just started going to an art class, to...

We're the team behind Painters-Online. We also publish three practical art magazines from our offices in a 17th century house in the middle of the bustling Kentish town of Tenterden. We're small, but...

Hi Never experienced 'blogs' before! I have been studying art with OCA (on and off) for about 6+ years. I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge but at the moment I am going through a dry patch due...

Hi, I'm Mario, I shall be 45 soon and I come from Malta. My profession is in IT education and I use painting to get away from it all. I would like to invite you to view my selection of works and...

I would a beginner painter and I am looking for some information doing clouds in aclyrics. Can anyone out there up me. Thanks.

Hi, here's a bit about myself: I started painting way back in 1997 as a recreational activity. In the meantime I'm really hooked and try out different mediums: my favourites are water colour and...

Please allow me to introduce myself My name is Martin Stephenson I am an English Watercolour Artist Living permanently in Bulgaria I specialise in traditional Landscapes, town & seascapes....

Margaret is one of the UK's top professional teaching artists and travels worldwide running workshops and demonstrations for art groups and Painting Holidays. Her base is at Shinafoot Studios in...

I live in Geneva , Switzerland for many years, but I was born in India. I have always enjoyed painting. I have done one painting of each place I have travelled to keep as a souvenir.I love travelling...

Cold dull days, brighten up your day with painting. Use all types of paint or pencils and draw a circle, make shapes within the circle and colour in wonderful patterns, caution - it is very...

Hi, like Patricia I am new to blogging so here goes.I am an expat from the Wirral and I have lives in oz since 1971...I have recently taken up the brushes again after 21 years having given up...

I have read several articles on 'pen & colour wash' but the writers have not said whether they initially use pencil before inking in. I would have thought this was necessary otherwise you cannot...

I invite you to visit my website at peterwoodarts.com and be able to see previews of my painting, drawing, pottery, woodcarving videos for all abilities on youtube. Plus my own gallery of paintings,...

Does anyone have any tips of taking photos of my paintings? I use a white board and daylight but as I don't have a tripod it's very difficult!

I'm an art student taking BA in fine arts, I'm taking a year off to concentrate on water colours.

A Blog? This is a first for me. Bravery to start a blog and in an art world too. The photo? Me on Santorini July '07...all my shirts are this colourful... I'm now into my third year of...

Aloha. Plein air painting & Plein air artist Art Kauai Hawaii Plein Air Art by Pierre...

Hi I am a 47 year old recovering Interior Designer I have got into painting eighteen months ago. I paint in a Pop Art style, Portraits of family, friends and private commissions. I want to...

Well here's my introductory note for the blog. I took early retirement from the Civil Service and now I spend my time going out with my girlfriend, socialising with friends, reading, painting and...

There wasn't a single day that the Principal did not receive any complaints regarding Priyal. However, he turned out to be clever not just at his studies but also at artistic work and was soon...

Hello! I love painting in watercolour. The touch of a loaded brush on a pristine paper makes me ecstatic! I love to play with tones and shades of different colours and wait for exciting results. I...

I am an amateur painter, entirely self-taught. But I can mange to make some good paintings!! I would like to showcase my paintings and receive some comments.

I am a retired atchitect with a lifelong interest in mathematics and too much time on my hands.

About 12 years ago, having a "T" break whilest decorating, watched a 30 min painting "class" on Channel 4 and thought "hhmmm that looks simple enough". Oh no it wasn`t, so got art books from the...

I am a Welsh artist living in Llanmartin near the new severn bridge and have taught fine and decorative art for the last 15 years. I have had numerous pieces of my work publisIhed in American and...

Rowland Glaysher known as Rollz was born in Surrey and settled on the Isle of Wight many years ago. He has slowly worked his way to become the island's top artist. Because of the growing demand...

www.roylart.co.uk Roy also takes commissions and some of his own work is shown in the gallery

I live in the South Island of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and have been painting for the past 15 years. Following in the footsteps of my late father I work in pastels. I have over the years attempted ...

Hi there. This is my first attempt,ever,to participate in a blog,so if it seems a bit amateurish please bear with me. A bit about me first. I am male ( I'm reasonably sure about that) aged...

Having loved art at the age of dot I thought I would start to do something about it now. I live in Cornwall and have 2 kids under 5...not much time to mself. There is loads of Art here so finding...

working in the Middle East. I Enjoy travel and painting watercolours and portraits.

I'm a semi self taught artist... if you counted A level in 1986, and 2 yrs ago I gave up nursing to do what I really wanted to do ... PAINT!! I grabbed an opportunity to have a working studio on the...

hi all ,i like to paint in watercolour ,also i have been trying pastels which i have enjoyed , abit messy but a nice change

a couple of weeks ago i attempted to paint a portriat of a friend from a photo, i was not very happy with the results. i had posted it on my website and have had lots of good feedback. a friend of...

Hi i'm steve and i have been drawing and painting for about 5 years on and off.I was never any good at art at school which was a very long time ago.But over the last few years discovered that i have...

I was given some Sennelier watercolours for Christmas and I have been reading Becky's articles in Leisure Painter with interest and have been experimenting. I wasn't happy with the first picture I...

hi i am Helen /otherwise known as shep in the gallery section. i am knew to this blogging.just started painting and drawing again last year march since school. live in cumbria .and am looking to go...

This is all about sketching on the transport system, loving it and being addicted to it. It genrates the eye-hand co-ordination, which is so important to representational artists. Just observing and...

I love Painting and paint in all different media, but find watercolour the most difficult. I especially enjoy landscape, either semiabstract or symplistic, either in situ or from imagination. I am...

hi, i have to say something is that i nave to say nothing. bye. kausar. i have no image available right now.

I have had a number of blogs but gradually they fell into disuse, Maybe it's because I didn't get all that much fed back. I've stuck some of my efforts in the on line gallery and would welcome...

I have produced a DVD on Starting Abstracts. When I am teaching or demonstrating to Art groups, many people often ask me, "How do you start Abstract Art"? In my DVD I show you some of my students...

I have produced a DVD on Starting Abstracts. When I am teaching or demonstrating to Art groups, many people often ask me, "How do you start Abstract Art"? In my DVD I show you some of my students...

Hi ! I'm a septuagenarian painter who just can't stop ! Having started painting in oils in the 1960's, a move to a smaller home in the '80s meant a change of medium to watercolours. I found them...

Hi, I am just starting out as a painter, and have been teaching myself to paint in acrylics. I know I have a lot to learn and I am hoping to enjoy my experience and meet some new friends along...

My idea of paradise is sitting on a windswept beach, miles from anywhere, sketching the birds and mammals that inhabit or pass over coastal regions. I'm such a sea fanatic that I learnt to dive - I...

Do other "artists" still feel like intruders when they view their "modest" offerings hanging on Gallery walls alongside "established" Artists, or am I alone in this feeling of awe!

I tried watercolours but can't get to grips with them, but LOVE oils, especially seascapes. Now 69 and been painting for about 2 years and getting better with each painting.

I'm an amature artist who like to dabble in variuose mediums and enjoy the thrill of the next challenge.

Hi I left school thinking that i couldnt draw or paint. This mistaken perception continuued into my 30's when ill health visited me. A friend gave me some watercolour pencils while i was in...

On entering my 43rd year I felt that I was entitled to have a mid life crisis, after all I've worked constantly since the age of 15, have a wonderful husband who tolerates most things I present him...

Mohamed Bata is a painter and surgeon (MD in general sugrery ) 2 of his paintings in egyptian museum of modern fine arts lives in Cairo Egypt

What lovely weather we have been having this summer - for gardeners. Not so good for the societies painters, though, as we arrange outdoors painting days each Wednesday during the months of July...

Do you live within 20 miles of Swindon Town Centre? If so, let me tell you about Swindon Artists Forum. We are a group of artists, both amateur and professional, who voluntarily run a unit in the...

The best job I have ever had is teaching people to draw and paint, and I have had some good jobs. I am currently running courses (experiences) for Warner Leisure at Norton Grange, Yarmouth on the...

Hi, I am finally retired, one from business and two from bringing up 5 children. the grandchildren are appearing at a rate of knots. I returned to painting in 1997 and have gone from strength to...

I have just started painting and want to thank you for all the advice I have found here.

I am an artist based in Adelaide, South Australia. I have lived in Australia since 1970 when I came over from Liverpool with my family. Having dabbled on an off during the past 30 years I became more...

My name is Brian Boyle, and I am an artist. I grew up around art and have always wanted to be an artist. I started out wanting to be a cartoonist and I would try to recreate my own cartoon strips,...

The Arundel Gallery Trail 2009 When: August 22 - 31 Opening times: Weekends and Bank Holiday Monday 12.00- 5.30 pm, Mon to Fri 2.00 - 5.30 pm The Arundel Gallery Trail is one of the longest...

I am a part-time portait artist based in North Lanarkshire near Glasgow. I have previously worked for Glasgow Rangers FC and Celtic Football Club on various commissions. I was also commissioned to...

As winter approaches we may feel a little constrained by the darker days ahead, but with a little thought and a modicum of forward planning we can turn this time to our advantage. Opportunities to...

Again,I seem to be in a state of lost enthusiasm,I had this problem a month ago,then I painted all week with gusto. This problem seems to come and go when ever it wants,I cannot put my finger on...

This is my first attempt at blogging...so bare with me. So introductions are needed. I am Anni. I've drawn, painted and made things all of her life in one way or another… always seeing images...

I have been in Kent and now Surrey for the last three years, since moving back to my homeland (Yorkshire), from New Zealand for a long-term working/holiday, after an absence of 40 years, (10 pound...

Hello to you all - I am a practising artist living in Lincolnshire. I cannot remember a time when I didn`t paint and draw although the constraints of raising a family and having a full-time career...

With work and all the worries that we have to face these days its great to know that when you open those oil paints and smell that aroma, today you will produce a masterpiece!. Well, thats the...

Now open: The Picturemakers' First Exhibition 'Cynefin' King Street Gallery, Carmarthen 3—31 September 2007 Gallery open Tuesday—Saturday, 10 am—5 pm. (Closed Sunday & Monday.) About us The...

Hi - My name is Thea and I am addicted to watercolour painting. I started about a year ago and cannot imagine life without painting now! I have built a small studio in my garden so that I can paint...

My paintings are derived from urban environments. I paint a range of structures that make up cityscapes. My interests include modern architecture, listed buildings, iconic structures to derelict...

I'm excited at the thought of working in mixed media...using newspaper, tissue paper, thin cardboard as a base for my picture, and then paint over the top. I just wondered if anyone had any tips...

Hi I have been painting for quite a few years now and have finally decided to try and get serious. I paint landscapes (particulalry Norfolk) but also like figures. My inspiration for figurative...

I'm just loving all this painting, wish it could be all the time, now my dilema is what shall i paint next, ummm, just can't decide.

Hi, I am an artist in country Victoria Australia,actually Churchill,to where my husband and I retired 7 years ago. It is beautiful Gippsland ,encompassing dairy country rolling hills,a large...

I am a keen artist and never really happy with my work. Although others says its interesting. I live in the south of England and have recently given up a very demanding job to look afresh at life.

Just to introduce myself a little bit! More or less a self taught artist, I especially enjoy pastels. My preference is for animal and bird portraits, but enjoy doing landscapes - LARGE size. Had an...

I am 37 years old, married with two children and based in Bristol, England, I have been painting since I was eight and started selling in exhibitions and taking portrait commissions from when I was...

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I thought it might be a good idea to try my hand at watercolour and to this end went to learn how to draw.I was well out of my depth but persevered and sort o f got the gist of it.Just as with this...

I am promoting a painting for my uncle which I think might be of interest to people of the southwest coast. I have listed a blog which is as follows : - Weymouth Scene for Sale I am a...

This is my first ever 'blog'. Im 26 and art has been my fulltime hobby (Weekends and evenings) for just over a year. I am currently moving house at the moment and finding it very frustrating that all...

hi, Well it is 7.30 on fri the 13th and i'm up and on the computer, having just booked a course at patchings wow chance to actually paint!!! (all being well nothing goes wrong with booking a date...

I remember vividly having scarlet fever as a child and being confined to one room of the house. I wasn't allowed any of my usual toys as the house would have to be fumigated after I was better. I...

Want to learn how to use watercolours in a relaxed and friendly attmosphere? Then look no further and take lessons with Rita; an experienced watercolourist and teacher who will take you through a...

i would like to start an out door painting group to meet say once a month around the Eastbourne area. I have tried to work on my own but feel with others around you get more motivation,Maybe there is...

A focus on African tradition and culture. The wonders of African Nature( how splendid and incomprehensible)

I paint in watercolour, and thoroughly enjoy it I might add, but at the moment I am not in a class. I am thinking of returning to Ian Kings class again this year. I have, also, written a book. ...

With a little help from my friends, I have penetrated the mysteries of the forum log-in. I could almost wish I hadn't: I was up until 1.30 this morning, trawling through all the threads (or as many...

From New Start

A big 'thank you' to those who have left comments for me on my paintings. It is very much appreciated and all advice is gratefully received. I am still trying to master the art of photographing...

From Starting out

Well, it was worth a punt, but I didn't make it into the Threadneedle Prize. It'll be interesting to see what eventually appears in the show and what, above all, is included in the short list. I...

From Boogie Street Extracts

I've started putting on paintings on paintersonline and started updating my own website at www.christianspencerart.com.

From Christian Spencer Art

I have lived in Hythe for 39 years. Nobody can love the place more than I do. There are some corners in the old areas of the town that I visit very often. During the Summer my eyes cannot take...

From AQUA & WATERCOLOUR

Well after many tests they have discovered she has pneumonia...she rang me today wanting to come home but I said no...they have her on an antibiotic drip...Hubby visited on the way home from work and...

From Patsy in Perth Western Australis