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Oil Painting – Flowers – A step-by-step guide
It’s no secret that I’m inspired to some degree by the flowers and forms of nature. One look at this website or my instagram page will quickly make that clear! In the last year I’ve become a convert to oil painting flowers having previously used mainly acrylic paints with other media. Overcoming...
What is Giclee Printing?
Giclee printing was developed around the turn of the century using an industrial inkjet printer. The word Giclee, pronounced zhee’clay, means ‘to spray’ and is taken from the french verb gicler. This is exactly what an inkjet printer does by spraying ink onto a substrate to create a print. What...
Being an artist inspired by nature – My trip to Kew
Welcome to my first ever blog! As an artist inspired by nature I love a trip to Kew as it is such a rich source for creativity. So, on a beautiful day in August I picked up my sketchbook and headed off to the train station in St Albans. It was my first trip on public transport since we’d come out...