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Colour : Indian Yellow
“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...
Moira Carter
May 23, 20182 min read
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Colour : Lavender green!
Yes, green! The colour of lavender buds before they turn blue, the leaves and the stems – the palest and softest of blue grey greens....
Moira Carter
May 6, 20182 min read
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Colour : Coral
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...
Moira Carter
Apr 14, 20181 min read
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A Heroine - Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
Bootcamping again with Make Art That Sells, and this months assignment was Suffragettes. I was given Madeline (Madge) McDowell...
Moira Carter
Mar 27, 20182 min read
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Colour : Prussian blue
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!...
Moira Carter
Feb 22, 20181 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the Day - Callen Schaub
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...
Moira Carter
Jun 26, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Ben Nicholson
Bonus Artist this week - I just adore the work of Ben Nicholson! A Master of subtlety - such precise, understated yet superb...
Moira Carter
Apr 25, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Barry Steadman
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!...
Moira Carter
Apr 24, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Leon Bakst
Fantastic figures full of action, amazing ballet costumes for the Ballet Russes. Great patterns and figures - I feel like I'm getting to...
Moira Carter
Apr 18, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Maxfield Parrish
Consummate draughtsman, superb anatomical drawing with a colour sense beyond the pale. Parrish worked as an illustrator, most of his...
Moira Carter
Apr 11, 20171 min read
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Bonny Prints Charming!
A week in Scotland and thoughts naturally turn to the ubiquitous tartan, well it is everywhere! Several years ago - during a visit to...
Moira Carter
Jun 20, 20161 min read
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