Life drawing at the Vancouver International Dance Festival; the dancer dressed in 'Spring' costume

Life Drawing Session with ‘Spring’ Tumbling in Slow Motion

March is the month of the Vancouver International Dance Festival. My favourite part is the life drawing sessions. This year was supposed to be the 20thanniversary season of the Festival, and run from March 6 to 28, 2020, offering 31 performances … Continue reading Life Drawing Session with ‘Spring’ Tumbling in Slow Motion

Detail of real weed applied to an acrylic painting

Mixed Media Class 3: More Additions for your Paintings

Our third class in Mixed-Media Painting was about more ways to add texture in your mixed-media paintings via papers, foil, fabrics, organic materials, non-organic materials and tar gel. This covered a huge amount of ground – many years later and … Continue reading Mixed Media Class 3: More Additions for your Paintings

weed image transfer overlap problems

Mixed Media Painting Class – Selecting Images Suitable for Transfer, 2 years later

I took a mixed-media painting course a few years ago but didn’t have time to follow it though. Now I’m taking it again, and finding that some things are easier the second time round, especially selecting images suitable for transfer. In my … Continue reading Mixed Media Painting Class – Selecting Images Suitable for Transfer, 2 years later