Life of an Artist – Blog 12 The Lost Beauty in Old Architecture Thus I have been going out as much as the weather has allowed to capture that brief magic. Unfortunately I only caught the tail end, so the magic is very nearly over but here are some impressions. (I’ve been using a new …
The more art you do, the more old artwork there will be… What to do with all this old artwork? This is the question I face time and time again, especially as I don’t have a house of my own and tend to travel around a lot. Most of the old artwork I accumulate isn’t …
What to do with Old Artwork? – Life of an Artist Blog #11 Read More »
So you’re a happy artist, painting and selling your lovely art, hurray! Then it hits you like a dozen cats catapulted straight into your face: TAX TIME!
Fig 1: “Lucky” Watercolour on Board – Natalie J Cheetham …Even in dark times In these dark and troublesome times we are going through currently, it can be very easy to lose hope and fall in to a pit of darkness. I went there for a while, especially with other hurdles that life spat at …
Life of an Artist – Blog #9: Remembering the Beauty Read More »
I’ve started this great new routine after breakfast, where I go out with my handy little watercolour set, ink pen and a pencil. I then walk around my garden to find a lovely spot to sit and sketch.
Hi there, in this weeks blog I thought I’d share a bit of the story behind the pieces I chose to exhibit this week as part of a group show at the Blueskin Gallery in Waitati, NZ.
Hello,
Welcome to my blog! This week I would like to share with you what it’s like learning to see the world through the eyes of an artist.
I think the most important lesson I got from studying Illustration and Animation at uni many years ago was one of the first modules we started with.
In this weeks blog I would like to delve into the topic of The Surreal.
I’ve been thinking a lot about what ties my art together, as I seem to have lots of different themes, styles and mediums.
This week I would like to take the time to talk about Mental Health.
Last Sunday was #WorldMentalHealthDay.
It’s interesting how we somehow automatically think of mentally sick people when we hear mental health. Although the opposite is true as it says in the name: Mental Health… I guess it just means the health of your mental headspace.
Ethical Choices Hi there, Welcome and thank you for taking the time to read another entry in my Blog ‘Life of an Artist’. Today I’m going to write a bit about the ethical choices we have in our lives, and the challenges we face when it comes to making ethical choices as an artrepenuer. When …