Month: September 2016

Many thanks to Lesley McBride, who kindly provided the photos and commentary for this demo. The still life Carolyn selected to work from was this: Artists often pick out one aspect of the still life. Difficult to know where to start?  Consider:  Look at line  Look at colours: are they warm or cool?  Colours talk to … Read more

Using a photograph of a farmyard battle between two cockerels, Caroline introduced abstract painting with the concepts of non-objective, by which we express something from within, and objective, in which the artist paints their impression of a subject. Caroline chose to begin with the tail feathers of the black & white bird, using bold strokes … Read more