I’ve been teaching some of my long term drawing students how to paint with watercolour. They’ve been learning for about 3 months and are gaining dexterity and confidence with the … Read More
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 are held in a room adjacent to the main shop. … Read More
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 sees things exactly the way you do. In the art … Read More
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. He postulates that the left is predominantly concerned with the … Read More
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 of an interview about multi-tasking. I can remember a time, … Read More
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 is a new venture for me and there are times … Read More
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 have qualifications and years of experience, I often feel when … Read More
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 photographs, but drawing birds from life?! I’ve wanted to draw … Read More
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 Sussex – that’s a heck of a title! He invites … Read More
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 Espinner, stating that she is a pragmatic idealist. I’ve never … Read More