The Painter’s Life Blog
Written By Helen Tarr
I love to share my ideas about painting, drawing and creativity, so I have created this blog to give you an insight into the ideas behind my paintings, provide inspiration and encouragement to other painters and open a window onto my studio and creative life. If you’d like to be notified when I share a new post just pop your email address into the Subscribe form below.
Cottages and Cliffs: Painting on the North Yorkshire Coast at Staithes
When my artist friend Greta Vilidaite and I were invited to join Chris Slater and ‘a few others’ on a painting trip to the beautiful fishing village of Staithes, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse. Read on to see what we got up to and some of the brilliant people we got up to it with…
I thought I didn’t like soft pastels…
But after a recent landscape demonstration drawing I realised I needed to have a rethink. Here’s what I’ve discovered so far…