Daniel MacBride

Oh, I love that Degas quote, so true!

I agree that he could have painted for more creative works, but I think part of that is because he was painting for TV and trying to teach. So he would have to stick to certain types of painting that are more easily seen on screen and I guess things that people are familiar with (and hey, lets face it, the man painted what he liked, which happened…[Read more]

Thank you, I really enjoy having a studio all to myself (well, except for the cat lol, he even sits there while I’m painting) 😀 It’s nice to have everything in easy reach and everything has a place, too.

I love Bob Ross 🙂 I could watch him paint for hours lol – watching his shows was what actually made me feel for the first time ever like I might actually be able to paint (after a lifetime of being told and believing otherwise). I loved them so much even though I don’t use oils, that I bought the DVDs 🙂

🙂 For me that quote tells me so much more than that light is the most important thing in watercolour – I don’t know lol, maybe it’s just my weird little brain, but when I think of “chasing the light” it feels to me almost like the light is a living entity, and “chasing the light” means understanding it on a very visceral, intuitive and emotional…[Read more]

Here is mine – I love this room, and spend most of my time in here:

On the right hand side of this desk, there is a wall of cubes containing paints, papers, pencils, fixatives, books and all sorts of other bits and pieces that I use for art and my various crafts (currently just a little bit overrun by Lego until I finish building some shelves…[Read more]

The quote that has resonated with me the most and has stuck with me is one that I read somewhere when I first started painting: “Watercolour is all about chasing the light.” I don’t remember where I read it or who said it (although it may possibly have been in a watercolour magazine, interview with an artist?) but it gave me goosebumps when I read…[Read more]

Oh yeah, Brisbane is more northerly and is subject to more tropical conditions, so I can well understand the difficulty getting a honey-based paint to dry there. I’m in Perth, so on the opposite side of the country and quite a long way south of where Brisbane is. It’s much drier here and not as hot as Brisbane 🙂