Its been a while but im finally back blogging

Well its been a massive year for us at enchanted art studio. We have opened a new business called Driftwood Art Designers links below. We relocated to Minehead in Somerset and its taken a little while to do this and set up our new studios.

Now this is done you will be seeing a lot more from me, in the meantime take a look at the links below.

https://www.facebook.com/driftwoodartdesigners

http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/driftwoodartdesigner

https://twitter.com/art_driftwood

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/101370952693945566059/posts

Of course you can always just follow me on @LeeWebbArtist for updates

This just one of my available prints that will be coming to market in the next few weeks

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British artist Tim Fisher work and blog.

Pyrography

I found a lovely website Click here today via Twitter of an artist who specialises in Pyrography Art, an art which both myself and my wife Sammy have recently acquired some skill in.

Pyrography is the burning of a design, say a landscape, onto a piece of wood or leather, or anything really that will burn withough being destroyed. I guess it really smoulders the support with which you are using at the time but its easier to describe the action as burning.

Take a look at this basic video below to see what its all about, happy art making you guys.

Art Tutor has launched

Art Tutor launched this week and promises to be an exciting new way for artists of all levels to brush up on skill that they need. Video tutor-age seems to be the order of the day, with step by step, bite sized chunks guiding you through all you need to know in a variety of mediums.

Take a foundation course in Watercolour, Oil Painting, Acrylic Painting, Pastel and Drawing plus much much more. What's more is you can pick and choose what you want to learn through the entire range and all for just a small subscription of £10 pcm if your based in the UK. You can cancel once youve finished what you want to learn its that simple.

Click the picture to see for yourself what its all about, I shall be taking up a subscription myself.

Study Art at Home Home Study Art Course

Every so often I would like to include in my blog snippets of information I have found regarding art and one section of this is courses.

Not everyone can study art at college or on tutored holidays, because its expensive or they are unable to get out the house or they are just shy and intimidated by the thought of going to college, "I'm not good enough for that!" is a phrase that I often here, usually in my own thoughts.

A good way to learn art is to do so in the comfort of your own home and the London Art College is a great way to achieve this, you can take certificate courses or diploma courses in many different media or subject matter that takes your fancy.

These courses can be done at your own pace and you get tutor marked assignments to complete, all of which can be done on-line or by post. You can pay for the course in one go or in instalments making it a flexible way to learn.

I myself have taking a certificate in Coloured Pencil, which I am working towards as I write this, I lack confidence with a pencil so this a great way for me to brush up on drawing skills while at the same time learning a new medium with which to paint. I shall post my work as I complete it over the coming year.

If you'd like to consider a course or for more information, just click on the picture below and it will take you right to the London Art College website. Happy Learning!!!!

Red Ball UK art project

Whilst enjoying the crisp sea air at The Barbican, Plymouth today, my wife and I were walking down the main cobbled stone street when we cam across an oddity, there squeezed between two "Elizabethan"?, buildings, was a giant Red Ball.

It turns out this ball is travelling the country as some sort of art project by Kurt Perschke and is titled, Kurt Perschke's RedBall UK

You can find out more about the project on its websites the UK site and the Artists Site click the pictures below, or follow them on twitter @RedBallUK

Sketch a day 001

 Traditional Cornish Unit - A4 - Pen and Watercolour Wash

Well what a horrid 24hrs

After settling down to do my very first sketch for my challenge sketch a day yesterday, there was a blood curdling scream and the upshot of that was me racing towards A&E (ER if your American) with my 7yr old daughter Bethany who has broken her arm in two places jumping around on her friends tramoline. 6hrs later two very tired people arrived home 4am one in plaster and the other wanting to get plastered.....

I have hospital Thursday with her to see if they shall operate.

I did manage my first sketch though which is only a simple view near to our house, it was all I could muster considering the chaos

This is my daughters Art please check it out she is 16

This is just one picture from my daughters art portfolio she is starting a course in Photography September at Plymouth College of Art, please check out her work and leave her a comment.

Photo references that I may develop into Paintings

Winsor and Newton Artists Oil Colour Bamboo Box, Art Supplies and Art materials, SAA

Winsor and Newton Artists Oil Colour Bamboo Box, Art Supplies and Art materials, SAA

These are the paints I use in many of my paintings and this is a fantastic set for starting out in oils. Always use the best you can afford, and using artist quality paint as a beginner will increase your confidence with the medium as the vibrancy in artist oils is so much brighter, and you will use less!

Artists Helping Artists: Branding and Growing Your Art Business

I came across this blog today while looking for other blogs with the same keywords as mine. This is just one particular post of many on the site which focus on blog radio talks geared to helping artists. I suggest you take a look because even though it is American based we can all adapt the advise to suit our own countries.

Enjoy :-)

Artists Helping Artists: Branding and Growing Your Art Business: Painting by Leslie Saeta "Branding and Growing Your Art Business" Scheduled Air Date: Thursday, January 19, 9:00 am PST, 12:00 noon EST...

Old Wooden Door

This is an old painting done when I was experimenting with Watercolour. I read an article of the "The Artist" magazine by Terry Harrison and decided to give it a go, I was working in oils at the time and had never used Watercolour. I must admit I do not paint often in Watercolour as yet.

I guess this page will feature my art

There comes a time in ones life where technology gets a grip of you and you either have to ride the flow of the tide or get swept away by it, so here goes, my artistic life will now be displayed for all of you to see warts and all.

I decided to plot my artistic journey, from sketches, planning, preparation paintings and masterpieces, expect to see it all the good the bad and the ugly with the odd ramble thrown in for good measure. I am working on developing a series of plein air paintings of Cornwall and I am toying with the idea of an engineering theme also at the moment, seen as I work full time for First Great Western Trains as a Mechanical/Electrical Engineer, expect to see trains.

I am also an avid photographer and I am looking to expand my photography portfolio into a business acumen so again watch this space.

Feel free to comment.

You can contact me Enchanted Art Studio