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In the September issue of Leisure Painter and The Artist, I presented my top 10 tips for painting outdoors on location. This month, I share my tips for painting indoors. An indoor painting space is an

My life in the cheese world stemmed from a geeky fascination with microbial life and how those living microbes can change a food product. I started painting through a fascination with soil microbiolog

Every painting’s varying subject matter and scale offers us distinct opportunities and challenges. Before I start any project, I like to consider what I want to convey, what opportunities and challeng

From rustic barns to Riviera villas, Pablo Picasso’s studios were engines of invention. Picasso: From the Studio at the National Gallery of Ireland, in partnership with Musée national Picasso-Paris, t

With Frieze about to hit London, attention turns to art. Rachel Loos has some advice…

Some of my earliest and fondest memories are of drawing. I constantly drew monsters, video game characters and comic book heroes. I kept this up through my late teens until it dawned on me that art wa