S.O.F.A. member France Bauduin shares her tips on photographing pets. In my previous article, I explained how you could create original compositions from your own photos. Here, I would like to give you a few tips to help you take great action shots of your pet. 1) Choose the right camera Mine is small and … More Pet Photography Tips
Ella Goodwin S.O.F.A. associate member is taking part in a local exhibition in Wymondham, just outside Norwich. It’s presented by printmaker Amelia Bowman and Ella will be exhibiting a large showcase of her illustration in what is a lovely setting at Wymondham Arts Centre. The Private View is on the 15th April – 6-8.30. All … More Ella Goodwin exhibiting in Wymondham
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
The winning ticket in the Pollyanna Pickering Foundation Winter Prize draw has been drawn by natural history broadcasting legend Sir David Attenborough. The lucky winner, Mr Grayling of Sheffield has won an original painting. For most people Sir David Attenborough is both the face and voice of Wildlife. As Britain’s best-known natural history film-maker, he … More Sir David Attenborough Picks a winner for Pollyanna
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
