by taswann | May 30, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
Minnie Pwerle was an Australian Aboriginal artist. Minnie began painting in 2000 at about the age of 80, and her pictures soon became popular and sought-after works of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. Her work is powerful and deceptively simple looking. I was...
by taswann | May 29, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
E Elizabeth Blackwell was a Scottish botanical illustrator born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1707 and was tutored in the arts and learned to draw. She married at the age of 28 to Alexander Blackwell. Her husband was later imprisoned for practicing as a doctor without...
by taswann | May 28, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
Now more than ever – I think it’s so very important to realize the butterfly effect of Kindness. This project is inspired by Damien Hirst, and an Art in Action project we did in June, 2016 . Damien Hirst was born June 7, 1965, and is a British artist,...
by taswann | May 27, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
Let’s begin our creation today with an oil pastel resist and some liquid watercolours and create some vibrant jellyfish. Supplies: watercolour paperoil pastelswatercolour brushsaltliquid watercolours Start by drawing a simple jellyfish shape. You can’t...
by taswann | May 26, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
“If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint” -Edward Hopper– Edward Hopper was born in 1882 in Upper Nyack, New York, and was encouraged from an early age to pursue his love of art. Throughout his career he became famous for his iconic...
by taswann | May 25, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
Today I am going to introduce you to an amazing contemporary artist, Carla Sonheim. She is a Seattle based artist who uses fun approaches to open up the creativity in individuals. She is also the author of Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to...
