“Indian yellow used to be produced by feeding cows mango leaves and using the colour produced in the urine to make the paint pigment! The...

Yes, green! The colour of lavender buds before they turn blue, the leaves and the stems – the palest and softest of blue grey greens....

Another of my favourite colours and one which I tend to wear in summer, with faded indigo blue, pale greys linen and silver. A pair of my...

Bootcamping again with Make Art That Sells, and this months assignment was Suffragettes. I was given Madeline (Madge) McDowell...

One of my favourite colours is Prussian blue, it's very versatile, hints and tints, washes heavy and dark to light and bright I love it!...

Never heard of him? I hadn't either ...but found an amazing video of how he works on YouTube: ...and now I'm hooked! Loving all that...

Bonus Artist this week - I just adore the work of Ben Nicholson! A Master of subtlety - such precise, understated yet superb...

Artist and Potter - or is that Potter and Artist?! Either way I love the freedom in his work... I seem to be mentioning Freedom a lot!...

Fantastic figures full of action, amazing ballet costumes for the Ballet Russes. Great patterns and figures - I feel like I'm getting to...

Consummate draughtsman, superb anatomical drawing with a colour sense beyond the pale. Parrish worked as an illustrator, most of his...

A week in Scotland and thoughts naturally turn to the ubiquitous tartan, well it is everywhere! Several years ago - during a visit to...