Artiste Botanique
Rosa Botanical Art Fair1-4 May 2026West dean Gardens and College Hello, Would you like to visit one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK? The first week-end in May would be a great time to do so… West Dean Gardens and College are hosting a botanical art fair, organising special tours of the gardens… Continue reading Explore the Rosa Botanical Art Fair at West Dean Gardens
Hello everyone, For Christmas last year I treated myself to an unusual subscription: a quarterly box of pencils. I love Blackwing pencils and I find their themes usually resonate with me. I hesitated with the subscription because their quarterly boxes come from the USA, and the postage is steep. But in the end I thought… Continue reading Unboxing Blackwing Pencils Volume 343: A Nostalgic Experience
Hi everyone, Is one of your New Year resolution to spend more time creating art, making time in your busy life to do the things that you love?My Patreon site is a good place to start! Since I started in March 2020, I posted almost every week, creating 322 posts to this day. With a… Continue reading Unlock Your Creativity: 20% Discount on Art Patreon Membership
Hello everyone, Wow, 2 posts in rapid succession, that’s unusual and probably highly unexpected :)I have recently been exploring painting landscapes in a semi-abstract style using water-soluble oils and I wanted to share with you what I found in my experiments…I received a starter set of basic colours from the Schmincke Norma Blue range to… Continue reading Painting Experiments: Water-Soluble Oils Schmincke Norma Blue Revealed
Hi everyone,Recently I stayed in a B&B in France one night on my way to see my dad. The B&B’s garden was magnificent, all under the care and hard work of the owner Bernard. The style was more English than French, not too regimented and with areas left almost entirely wild. The accomplishment was even… Continue reading 10 things you really need to know when painting from photos
Sandrine Maugy 