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I have always tried to be a bit imaginative with the title of a picture, thinking that viewers needed an introduction and steer to the painting and what its about. However, I recently went to an exhibition of a local Royal West of England of Art Academician (top notch expo by the way) who kept […]

2 – 9/7/18 When I look at the distribution list for my blogs and when I visit art groups and other arty places, the predominate gender of attendees are female, why is that?   Given that more women than men seem to paint, why is it men seem to dominate the higher echelons of the […]

I must have told many of you many times that I was off to Malaga for a holiday. Malaga is well worth a visit with numerous galleries, beautiful buildings and wine shops!!!!   A couple of small coincidences.   Firstly, Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga and Picasso bequeathed a number of his paintings to […]

This blog started life as a short one, which is what I want them all to be, However, it just got bigger, but not necessarily better. Amongst other things it is a reminder of techniques we have learnt and for some of you I am going over stuff you already know so if you don’t […]