John Singer Sargent was one of the foremost portrait artists of the late 19th century. He is best known for capturing the rich and famous across Europe and America. His…
King Henry VIII is best known for seeing off a few of his wives and for the English Reformation. You can see some highlights of his reign in this infographic…
Rabbit Ears Cap: Painting with Acrylics and Coloured Pencils Acrylics are such a versatile medium. You can use them spread thickly as you might with oils, thinned down with water…
I never do any painting on linen so bought a few lengths of different linen grades to try out. There’s such a huge variety of supports for artists to paint…
I saw a mouse!Where?There on the stair! Where on the stair? Right there! A little mouse with clogs on Well I declare Going clip clippety clop on the stair! A…
Christmas is comingThe Geese are getting fatPlease put a penny in the old man’s hatIf you haven’t got a penny a ha’pence will doIf you haven’t got a ha’pence God…
A Spooky Halloween Painting Yesterday I made a Spooky Halloween Painting for the Wetcanvas Weekend Drawing Event. The host of this drawing event often includes a challenge. This week we…
Artist Paul Gauguin seems to have been quite a selfish man, abandoning his wife and children in Europe whilst he went swanning off across the globe to have relationships with…
I’m going to be drawing a parrot because it’s Draw A Bird Day. The 8th day of April has been set aside, informally, to remind us to try and enjoy…
It’s been a very long time since I last did a virtual paintout and when I checked out the virtual paintout site he, Bill Guffey, seems to have stopped running…