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Jules
Nov 2, 20214 min read
Golden Fiber Paste as an alternative to watercolour paper
In an effort to try and make my larger paintings as texturally interesting as my smaller paper works, I looked at Golden's Fiber Paste to...
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Jules
Jul 17, 20214 min read
Does size really matter?
The perils of scaling up Translating a small study up to a larger painting has always been a huge challenge for me. There are several...
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Jules
Mar 27, 20212 min read
What your painting style reveals about your personality
I was chatting with a friend today about painting, and why she loved painting loosely and why I enjoyed a tighter polished picture. My...
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Jules
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Blurring the lines
I noticed yesterday while painting, that it was possible to get furry line edges on my brush stroke marks by wetting the canvas and then...
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Jules
Dec 27, 20202 min read
Rising trend: Cottage Core
I was reading on BBC’s website this morning about a rising trend during the pandemic: #cottagecore. Think: cute cottages nestled in rural...
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Jules
Mar 12, 20202 min read
Are you exhausted from all the unmade decisions?
One of the great things about being creative is your vision. You have the amazing superpower of being able to see many outcomes, multiple...
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Jules
Oct 17, 20193 min read
Why It's Time To Loosen The Grip on the Outcome
A happy accident I was watching a video of artist Lola Donoghue while she was painting a giant canvas, and was really surprised when she...
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Jules
Sep 13, 20192 min read
If you were a bird, what would your nest be like?
I love asking these kinds of questions. The kind that really get to the heart of what makes you you, why you do things, and how to be...
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Jules
Aug 21, 20191 min read
Artist Profile: Lola Donoghue
Lola Donoghue is an abstract artist from Ireland, whose work is dreamy and beautiful. I have one of her large prints framed at home,...
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Jules
Aug 9, 20192 min read
Artist Profile: Robert Tavener
I was given this print below as a gift from my parents. It was my first work I'd seen from the printmaker Robert Tavener. His gift for...
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Jules
Aug 6, 20192 min read
Throwing the Baby out with the Bath Water
I've been struggling with translating my smaller works on watercolour paper with fluid acrylics, to larger scale canvaii with thicker...
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Jules
Aug 2, 20191 min read
Looking for Patterns Emerging
Patterns. They're everywhere. From wallpaper, to clothing, to bags, to wrapping paper, and everything inbetween. Different patterns seem...
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Jules
Aug 2, 20191 min read
Yeah, I meant to do that.
Intentionality. Is this the difference between amateur and professional? Child and adult? Can two outputs that look exactly the same be...
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Jules
Aug 2, 20191 min read
Test Match vs 20:20
I'm coming to the slow realisation that I need to view my working endeavours more as a Test Match of cricket, rather than a 20:20...
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Jules
Jul 10, 20192 min read
Do The Magic? Or Teach It?
When you see a magic show, one of the best things about it is that you don't know how it's done. You can't see the joins. And magicians...
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Jules
Oct 26, 20182 min read
Strength in Numbers
How to tell apart a professional vs emerging artist If you're looking at what the difference might be between a seasoned artist and an...
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Jules
Oct 21, 20183 min read
Finding my artistic style
As in my previous post, I spent quite some time trying to work out what it was that I needed to do in order to find my unique artistic...
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Jules
Oct 21, 20183 min read
Art is Meant to Say Something!
First steps in art When I first started out making art, I was looking at how to make things as realistic as possible. If I mastered the...
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