What is Scandi Style? Well we’ve all heard of the Danish word Hygge, haven’t we? It’s a word that is heard to translate into English but generally it means happiness, contentment and a sense of being serene and comfortable. Feeling you are right where you should be. We could all do with a little of…
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5 Creative Exercises to Help Make You More Productive – Mindfulness for Artists
Mindfulness for artists is so important because it is an antidote to busyness. Often what we do is less important than how we do it. We all need to take the time to be reflective and aware of our various activities everyday, and this applies to artists as much as any other vocation. Being creative…
5 Habits to Free Your Inner Artist
For many of us creative pursuits are a luxury, something to be done on the weekend or at the end of the day when all the ‘important’ things are finished. Unfortunately that means we seldom get around to accessing our inner artist because we are too tired and burnt out by the time we get…
SEO Tips for Bloggers 2021
With so much talk of what doesn’t work on Google anymore, how can we plan for SEO going forward in 2021? As bloggers, we need to know how to optimise our content to rank highly in Google as much as ever. Yet so many bloggers don’t pay attention to SEO often due to ignorance, fear…
Art Prints Modern Ideas to Lift Home Decor
Looking for thoughtful, art prints modern enough to improve your home decor? Here are 5 carefully chosen art prints to start you heading in the right direction. Table of Contents Art Prints Modern Ideas 1 Der Morgenthau Plan by Anselm Kiefer Art Prints Modern Ideas 2 ‘Composition VIII’ by Wassily Kandinski Art Prints Modern Ideas…
Best Selling Cameras to Buy Right Now 2021
With so much to choose from it can be difficult to know where to start. Let us help you on the road by recommending some bestselling cameras that everyone is talking about right now. 1 Best Selling Cameras – Kodak Printomatic Digital Instant Print – Camera This is a low budget but highly popular camera which…
Jasper Johns ‘A Story Told in Pictures’
Jasper Johns ‘A Story Told in Pictures’ There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists. Jasper Johns The American artist Jasper Johns is often viewed as one of the greatest living artists – fluent in painting, sculpting and printmaking. That being said, he seems to…
Recent Art News – Link Roundup of The Best in Art News
It’s time for our weekly roundup of the best Art-related News from around the Web. What better way to start than with a tribute to our NHS workers? The artist Aliza Nisenbaum has produced a series of portraits for the Tate Liverpool of doctors, nurses, porters and even a hospital chaplain. She based these paintings…
Caravaggio – Ten Things You Should Know
1 His real name was actually Michelangelo Merisi and he was born in September 1571 in Caravaggio, the town which later gave him the name he was known by. 2 Caravaggio had a tragic childhood due to many of his family dying from the Bubonic Plague. His father, his grandfather and grandmother and even his…
ART PRODUCTS – UNEXPECTED AND AWESOME ONES YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF
Are you looking for some curveball, out of the box ideas for art products? You have come to the right place. Let’s hit the ground running. Art Products – Artist Watercolour Paint Set Glitter Solid 24 Colours This lovely set comes in 24 vivid colours with Artist’s Grade paint. The paint is high quality and…