Tips, advice, recommendations and reviews
S.O.F.A. member Tamsin Lord shares her love of gouache. The medium of choice for my feline art is Designers’ Gouache, which is a range of opaque water colours. They are so called because they were developed for use by designers, illustrators and commercial artists to create crisp, vibrant visuals and illustrations in solid colour. I … More Getting to Grips with Gouache
S.O.F.A. member France Bauduin shares her tips on compositions from your photos. I have been drawing cats using colour pencils for more than 12 years but I only joined the UKCPS recently and have yet to participate in one of their annual exhibitions. One of the rules of the UKCPS is that we need to … More Creating Original Compositions From Your Photos
S.O.F.A. member Denise Laurent wants to encourage artists to give water mixable oils a try. Here are her recommendations for a starter kit. Over the years I’ve met many artists who’ve wanted to try painting in oils but they’ve been put off by the down side of oil painting, the need for solvents like turps … More Give Water Soluble Oils A Try
S.O.F.A. member France Bauduin went on a pencil workshop Passion For Pencils last year and wanted to recommend it to other members. This is what she thought about the day. I had brought all my crayons with me and a day lamp (which proved a good idea as we only had artificial light in the … More Pencil Workshop Review
The first of a new series of articles on our blog about our members, their art and their recommendations. Today’s artist is Peggy Pickering. Making Your Own cards I started designing cards about 26 years when I saw an advert from a Card Company requesting artists. I designed about 65 cards for them over a … More Peggy Pickering’s Recomendations
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