Vincent Van Gogh is a brilliant artist to inspire children in primary school, a classic example of the starving artist struggling for recognition. Yet despite his tragic life he never gave up in his quest to become a great painter … Read More

Pablo Picasso was like a bull, very strong willed, always looking for new challenges and never satisfied with his achievements. He had an insatiable appetite for creating new ideas and for loving the many women in his life. At the … Read More

How often have we heard someone dismiss a piece of art because it doesn’t look like a photograph? It is almost as if a work of art has to conform to a given set of visual rules before it can be accepted as art in some people’s eyes. … Read More

Having taught in secondary schools for many years before setting up my own art business, I have a lot of experience of teaching art to children. Now my art business takes me into many primary schools where I meet a lot of primary school art co-ordinators. Unlike their secondary school … Read More

I taught art in schools for years before leaving and setting up my own art business providing schools with art workshops. Yesterday, I was in a secondary school in Reading, UK – lovely school – running a GCSE … Read More

Although the subject matter, techniques and materials of artists have changed over the centuries, their attitudes towards life and their environment have changed little. The manner in which they expresses their ideas, their style, can in basic terms, be seen as one of the following: Classical, Romantic or Realist. When … Read More

‘Art is a parrot word and should be replaced by … Read More

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André Derain was born in 1880 at Chatou, which … Read More

Hokusai was born in the autumn of 1760 at … Read More

How often have we heard someone dismiss a piece of art because it doesn’t look ‘real’? It is almost as if a work of art … Read More

I have just been researching the artist Henri Rousseau who will become one of my artists in school and it struck me that nothing … Read More

L S Lowry is know for his ‘matchstick men’ but there is so much more to him than meets the eye. Lowry suffered from … Read More

Welsh Landscapes: One of the students on my 3 day Landscape painting course at Burton Court, was taking about using a palette knife to give the landscape a grandeur and solidity. I suggested she looked at the work of Kyffin Williams. … Read More

Art is what artists produce. All artists are human beings, but not all human beings are artists. So what is it that makes a human being an artist? And what is it that they produce? These simple questions are the basis of endless debate … Read More