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2nd Annual Art Extravaganza! Set in the mountains, just inland from the Costa Tropical, is the gorgeous Kitty Harri sculpture gardens, - home to over 160 large scale pieces of sculpture. The sculpture garden is run by artist and best selling novelist Kitty Harri and her electrical engineer husband, Nick Tasker. Between them both, they [...]
How to give feedback to artists when it's called for! The art sandwich technique makes your feedback easier to digest for all those vulnerable artists out there who bravely expose their art to you. It is a technique when you give praise either side of the feedback. This is not about judging whether you like [...]
This step by step guide will help you to make quality art prints that resemble the colours of your original artwork! Before I start, I just want to say - nothing beats experiencing artwork in the flesh but these tips will help you to create art prints, as close as you can to the original [...]
How to take full advantage of Printful's print on demand, multiple Etsy shipping origins service. Use their warehouse fulfilment locations around the world and give your Etsy customers the best shipping rates. To do this, you will need to follow these step by step guide and just to let you know, it's much easier than [...]
Wouldn't you like to have a nice hot drink in one of these gorgeous watercolour love heart mugs? They're just what the doctor ordered! I know, it’s like you've been waiting for them your whole life! You didn't even realise you were missing out until you saw them, right? You must be absolutely desperate for [...]
This zen meditation sculpture is called Serene Meditation and this is the story of how it came into being. Zen and the art of working in clay This zen meditation sculpture was a bit of an adventure in the making, because for some reason I decided to overcome all obstacles in my way... regardless how futile [...]
The octopus bowl is now ready to show and available for sale and you can also see how it was made: Stoneware Raised Octopus Bowl The octopus is a magnificent being and rightly deserves to be immortalised in art. And not just one but two octopus demanded my attention on this sculpted pot. As I was [...]
Watercolour painting is a good way to relax and take your mind off other matters. In this class you learn how to paint a portrait of the person of your choice, it could even be of yourself. Materials and techniques We will work using liquid watercolours on heavy weight watercolour paper to begin with. Starting [...]
This painting workshop is about digging deep and seeing your soul reflected in a piece of art. The thing to realise it, that whatever you decide to paint, you will automatically reflect back part of your soul, as is the nature of making original art. I will gently guide you with the materials and techniques [...]
The centre of our town was closed off to traffic and instead was full of temporary bars, stalls and a large stage for performances. This Expo Nazari fiesta is on every other year and is a great excuse for a get together. It is a celebration of Vélez de Benaudalla's Moorish roots. I participated by [...]
Here are two audio recordings that you can download and listen to as podcasts - artists critique my paintings. I recommend you listen to them whilst looking at a picture of the painting being discussed. This is from an exhibition I participated in, along side 22 other international artists from my art group, ANA (Artists’ [...]
It was so exciting to walk into the exhibition and everything to be a surprise because I had not been part of the set up. I know all the artists and seeing their creative outpourings was over powering. I gave a speech as Chair of ANA and suggested people come back when it is less [...]
