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Moira Carter
- May 16, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Paula Rego
Paula Rego tends to paint in series - collections - often based on popular subjects such as fairy tales, dogs ... and ballerinas....
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Moira Carter
- May 12, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Vanessa Garwood
I noticed this gorgeous life drawing by Vanessa Garwood on Pinterest. I love to draw figures myself so seeing a really good life drawing...
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Moira Carter
- May 11, 2017
- 2 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Vojtěch Preissig
Now I love a second hand book shop - you never know what you will find and sometimes it's a gem! I'll always end up in the book shop when...
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Moira Carter
- May 10, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Matsumoto Hoji
“Frog” by Matsumoto Hoji from a picture album, “Meika Gafu”, 1814 My all time favourite Japanese print by Matsumoto Hoji. Those of you...
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Moira Carter
- May 9, 2017
- 2 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Leonardo da Vinci
The artist I most wanted to draw like when I was about fifteen. I so wanted to be able to draw an angel like the one we see here in...
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Moira Carter
- May 7, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Max Ernst
In my last blog in this series I mentioned that I'd happily stuff Sargent's 'Carnation, Lily,Lily, Rose' under my coat and steal it away...
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Moira Carter
- May 6, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day : John Singer Sargent
Another of my first loves... his painting Carnation Lily, Lily, Rose. This painting in the words of Charles Richard Cammell - one of the...
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Moira Carter
- May 5, 2017
- 2 min
Inspiring Artist of the day : Sir Edward Burne-Jones
The first painting I fell in love with was 'King Cophetua and the Beggar maid'... I was around six or maybe eight years old, when dad had...
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Moira Carter
- May 4, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artists of the day - Lucienne Day
Textile designer - a seminal moment in the history of textile design - Calyx furnishing fabric, 1951: What's not to admire?! It was free...
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