Technique Tuesday Takeover for DAW #2
Just in case you haven’t heard a thing about what I have been up to recently, let me fill you in and if you have heard all this several times over then disappear to put the kettle on while I catch everyone up.
I’m currently one of over 300 artists taking part in Dorset Art Weeks and as you can imagine, it’s a pretty big deal. I spend all year preparing for it, creating work and doing all the adminny things that are necessary to try to make it a success. Last year it became obvious that I had followers and clients scattered around the world who couldn’t all make it in person and so I pledged to make every little part of it available online too. This requires a huge chunk of my time and resources but it pays back tenfold as it means that I get to chat with lovely people like you.
We started on the 10th with a few hiccups along the way but we are almost a week into the virtual event now and I’m very pleased with how it’s gone so far. If you would like to catch up, you are welcome to read previous posts to this one on the website and you will see everything that I have been up to.
Every day I have been setting a theme, a subject for us to chat about and to be able to highlight in my work and so today it is the turn of sunflowers. These majestic flowers are in the news a great deal at the moment and I have no intention at all to comment on their deeper significance, to me, they are an incredible flower, easy to grow and make for a rich addition to my garden.
As a tutor, each week I broadcast a live demo called ‘Technique Tuesday’ which you can usually find on my sister website www.learningtopaint.co.uk but for the duration of DAW, it’s bigger and better than ever before.
Not only will you get to see how I paint but the Technique Tuesday broadcasts are being supported by my fabulous friends over at The SAA. The SAA are the UK’s leading art hub where you can find support, materials and inspiration no matter what your experience level - you can learn more about what they do by watching the broadcast or scroll down to the bottom of this blog post to enjoy and incredible joining offer.
Today, I broadcast live both on their social media platform and on mine but you lucky folks can watch it right here via YouTube catch up:
As promised in the broadcast, here are the links to the equipment I was using and to let you know that these are affiliate links to a few pennies from every sale come back to me to help keep demonstrations like this free to view:
Alphabet stamp set: https://amzn.to/3si3QIM
White ink pad: https://amzn.to/3FuaIYV
Twilight Blue mountboard: https://tidd.ly/3L9RsRX
White Tracedown A3: https://tidd.ly/3ylwFbd
Tracing Paper: https://tidd.ly/3933I98
White watercolour pencil: https://tidd.ly/3wdY8ZD
Empty watercolour tin: https://tidd.ly/3LZS8KD
Empty half pans: https://tidd.ly/3kQeJgX
Clic and go water pot: https://tidd.ly/3kVGyEB
SAA Imitation Sable Brushes: https://tidd.ly/3xW2rsT
Daler Rowney Gouache: https://tidd.ly/3M2zcuP
Winsor and Newton Gouache: https://tidd.ly/3Gf5Ndx
Posca Pens: https://tidd.ly/3so0WlL
You have an added bonus this week too. Those awesome folks over at The SAA have made a huge selection of the videos available to all who would like to take part in the workshop, for the duration of Dorset Art Weeks. - you can usually only access these if you are a member. During the lockdown, I filmed and broadcast this sunflower pastel tutorial that I hope you will enjoy:
https://community.saa.co.uk/saa-live-alison-c-board-demonstration-sunflower-in-pastel/
As you can see, there’s going to be lots for you to join in with and certainly plenty of items to invest in. Keep your eyes peeled on all of my social media for the theme of the day and for very affordable items I have created for the event plus tutorials, stories and much, much more.
Here is that offer I mentioned in the broadcast if you are thinking of joining me and thousands of other creative people at The SAA, see you again tomorrow when it’s Hare Day!
