Blog entries tagged artists http://www.totalartsoul.com Sat, 18 May 2013 15:22:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.totalartsoul.com/members-blog/exhibitions-and-opportunities-for-new-friendships.html <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />There are few things, for me, that are as engaging as talking to creative people about their passion for art or crafts and so it was with much excitement and anticipation that I headed towards Lee, a small village in Hampshire. http://ow.ly/5y0AV . I had been invited to attend by Janet Langford an extremely gifted lady whose miniatures defy belief in their detail. Janet is the wife of Alan Langford a respected member of the society of equestrian artists. JanRead More... Edwin Hayes Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:47:29 +0100 Tony Clegg New Friends Marina Stuart Jenny Morgan Janice Fry Janet Langford Hampshire Exhibitions David Pritchard Colin Courtice Barbara Rousseau artists Alan Langford http://www.totalartsoul.com/members-blog/painting-a-pastel-landscape-demo.html <p>Beginnings:  the initial wash...<img src="http://www.totalartsoul.com/images/3006//sdc12070.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>When I was in eastern Montana last fall I took a 100 mile + drive south and west of Miles City, following the Tongue River about 50 miles and then heading north on dirt roads about 40 miles to Rosebud where I got back on I-94 to Miles City. I took a bunch of photos along the way of the river, the fields and whatever looked interesting. Once I got on the dirt road with the warninRead More... Bonnie Zahn Griffith Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:56:37 +0100 walla walla pastel artist paintings painting demo painters painter Northwest Pastel society Montana landscape art local art landscapes landscape Bonnie Griffith artists artist artisans art http://www.totalartsoul.com/members-blog/cats-and-artists.html <p>As I think I've probably mentioned elsewhere previously, it's interesting how often I discover that artistic friends are more inclined to have a pet cat or just like cats than non-arty friends. I have always adored cats, can't imagine my life without actually owning one or two, and I make a bee-line for them wherever I see one.</p><br/><p>I remember having to recite a poem as part of my drama lesson when I was about 12 - normally I wasn't that interested in reciting poetry, but this one involved Read More... Helen Davison Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:14:17 +0100 thoughts poetry pets Oscar Mavis cats birman artists artist animals animal Aitch http://www.totalartsoul.com/members-blog/lunch-with-rdbob-mckenzie.html <p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-161 aligncenter" title="IMG_4552" src="http://thornwoodstudio.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_4552.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><br /><br />I first met Bob and his wife Fay way back in 1981 in South Africa when I was apprenticed to an electrical engineer. At the time the McKenzie's owned the farm Gray Rocks near Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. Bob was at the time heavily involved in cattle breeding programs, dRead More... Edwin Hayes Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:51:57 +0100 South Africa Safari Evolve Creative artists http://www.totalartsoul.com/members-blog/the-foggy-watercolors-of-alvaro-castagnet.html <br/><br/><p>I am probably hopelessly behind everybody who knows something about the contemporary watercolor “scene”, but I just had to share my recent discovery: Alvaro Castagnet.</p><br/><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-615" title="castagnet blue tower" src="http://watercoloredhands.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/castagnet-blue-tower.jpg?w=500&amp;h=321" alt="" width="500" height="321" /></p><br/><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-616" title="castagnet melbourne vista" src="http://waterRead More... Yevgenia Watts Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:11:16 +0100 yevgenia watts watercolor Painting artists art