The idea behind photo365 – taking a photograph, any photograph, every day, for a year – has been around for a few years now. Flickr is full of photo365 feeds. More recently, artists have been tapping into the idea with draw365, something I have been doing for just over a month. Time is everything lately. [...]
Last year, the new creative activity boost saw me revisiting old techniques and subjects. But it’s a different world in 2010. Pet portraits are not overly challenging and very rewarding creations. When I did them years ago there were few artists working specifically on pets. So trying to inject more creativity into day to day [...]
2010′s big push to a more creatively aligned lifestyle means getting our feet wet with selling our art online. I now understand why so many artists fail to create an effective online sales platform: it’s bloody hard! I helped in the background to get absinthe-shop.com online last year (where you can, of course buy absinthe!) [...]
Last weekend I actually got out of the flat and travelled to big, bad London. That’s a rare event for me now, but this was a chance to meet with some new people. I was delighted in October to have my work accepted by the SGFA (Society of Graphic Fine Art), and Saturday was my [...]
A couple of months ago we wandered down to nearby Norden Farm, an arts centre with film, theatre, and galleries. An exhibition running by members of the Society of Graphic Fine Art grabbed my attention, so I did a little research, and decided to apply for membership. The SGFA was founded in 1919 to “foster [...]
