Be a bad artist
How do you become a good artist? Be a bad one first. how-to-be-a-bad-artist.com shares arts and crafts techniques, reviews, creative writing and marketing advice.
Diane Ashmore is the author of this website and also works as a freelance editor, artist and writer.
She has studied Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art, London, UK, and English at Leeds University, Leeds, UK.
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Featured artist: Amanda Harker
Amanda Harker likes to shock, using traditional children’s stories, lace, and embroidery to defy expectations. The viewer, lulled into thinking they are looking at something decorative and ornate, is confronted instead with ideas of obscenity and pornography. In her words, her work “mirrors the multi-layered perceptions of women”…. Read more about Amanda Harker…
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Using masking fluid with watercolors
I’ve tried to use masking fluid many times with varying degrees of success. The best type to use is colored (usually blue) so is easier to see to peel off the paper afterwards. I decided to make an art card based on Egyptian hieroglyphics that I’d seen at the British Museum. Read more about using masking fluid with watercolors…
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An easy method of gilding
If you haven’t tried to gild anything before, imitation metal leaf is easy to use and is a lot less expensive than using real gold leaf. I wanted to gild a clay replica of a precious metal medieval European bookcover that I saw at the British Museum. Read more about metal leaf gilding…
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Hang out with the artists in Essaouira, Morocco, Africa
I spent a week in Essaouira, a small place on the coast of Morocco, which took 3-4 hours to get to on a bus from Agadir. I’ve seen it in holiday brochures, travel guides and books for artists. It’s an “arty” place, famous as a former residence for Jimi Hendrix (he stayed at the same hotel as me) and full of paintings by local artists. I definitely recommend it for photographers, sketchers and painters or those who just want to laze on a wonderful sandy beach. It’s also great for surfers, as the wind whips up some great waves to ride on. Read more about Morocco…
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How do you get to be a good artist? Be a bad one first.
Diane Ashmore is the author of this website and also works as a freelance editor, artist and writer.
She has studied Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art, London, UK, and English at Leeds University, Leeds, UK.
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