I’ve been teaching some of my long term drawing students how to paint with watercolour. They’ve been learning for about …
You Can Learn to Paint with Watercolour in an Art Store
I run regular learn to paint with watercolour workshops for beginners at Wellington’s art store – Gordon Harris. The workshops …
You Can Change Your Perspective
We all have our own perspective or view on life, your perspective is completely unique to you, no one else …
The Eyes Have it; Anyone Can Learn to Draw Them
According to Iain Mc Gilchrist we have two mutually exclusive modes of being; the left hemispheric mode and the right. …
Multi-tasking or Uni-tasking?
As I was bustling about this morning, attending to household chores with one ear on the radio, I heard snippets …
Practice makes Watercolor and Videos Perfect(ish)
I’ve been thinking about the word ‘practice’ because I’ve been doing videos for my three beginner’s online watercolor courses. This …
The Artist as a Scientist
In a way the artist is also a scientist. Scientists and artists both experiment. As an artist, even though I …
Drawing Birds From Life?
Recently I spent the day with my sister at Zealandia. I’ve painted birds and drawn them in coloured pencils from …
What is your brain’s best guess?
I recently listened to a Ted talk by Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of …
Pragmatic Idealism and the Double Hemisphered Brain
This morning I heard Jacinda Adern, the newly elected leader of the Labour Party respond to a question by Guy …