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Moira Carter
- May 23, 2018
- 2 min
Colour : Indian Yellow
“Indian yellow used to be produced by feeding cows mango leaves and using the colour produced in the urine to make the paint pigment! The...
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Moira Carter
- May 6, 2018
- 2 min
Colour : Lavender green!
Yes, green! The colour of lavender buds before they turn blue, the leaves and the stems – the palest and softest of blue grey greens....
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Moira Carter
- Apr 14, 2018
- 1 min
Colour : Coral
Another of my favourite colours and one which I tend to wear in summer, with faded indigo blue, pale greys linen and silver. A pair of my...
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Moira Carter
- Mar 27, 2018
- 2 min
A Heroine - Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
Bootcamping again with Make Art That Sells, and this months assignment was Suffragettes. I was given Madeline (Madge) McDowell...
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Moira Carter
- Feb 22, 2018
- 1 min
Colour : Prussian blue
One of my favourite colours is Prussian blue, it's very versatile, hints and tints, washes heavy and dark to light and bright I love it!...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 26, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Callen Schaub
Never heard of him? I hadn't either ...but found an amazing video of how he works on YouTube: ...and now I'm hooked! Loving all that...
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Moira Carter
- Apr 25, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Ben Nicholson
Bonus Artist this week - I just adore the work of Ben Nicholson! A Master of subtlety - such precise, understated yet superb...
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Moira Carter
- Apr 24, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Barry Steadman
Artist and Potter - or is that Potter and Artist?! Either way I love the freedom in his work... I seem to be mentioning Freedom a lot!...
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Moira Carter
- Apr 18, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Leon Bakst
Fantastic figures full of action, amazing ballet costumes for the Ballet Russes. Great patterns and figures - I feel like I'm getting to...
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Moira Carter
- Apr 11, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Maxfield Parrish
Consummate draughtsman, superb anatomical drawing with a colour sense beyond the pale. Parrish worked as an illustrator, most of his...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 20, 2016
- 1 min
Bonny Prints Charming!
A week in Scotland and thoughts naturally turn to the ubiquitous tartan, well it is everywhere! Several years ago - during a visit to...
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