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Seana Mallen
Sep 4, 20211 min read
"Operation Warm Welcome"
Treat yourself and do some good! ‘"Operation Warm Welcome" is the name of the significant cross-government effort under way right now to...
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Seana Mallen
Dec 22, 20201 min read
Fabulous Flying Birds are festive and fun!
Though this one seems to be about to bite Alexander Hamilton on the bum... Inspired by the amazing Yorkshire artist, Mark Hearld, all of...
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Seana Mallen
Nov 17, 20203 min read
Steal like an Artist. (and a homage to Andrew Wyeth and Victoria Crowe)
Sometimes I look at another artist's work and think, "why do I bother?" That bad voice in my head says, "They are SO awesome and...
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Seana Mallen
Oct 25, 20202 min read
Notan Composition: Share YOUR Vision (and YinYang cats)
In the last blog we talked about the theory of NOTAN, but how can you really apply these principles in your work? That is a great...
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Seana Mallen
Oct 19, 20202 min read
NOTAN, a bit of philosophy and some fun with scissors
Notan is a Japanese word referring to the balance of Dark and Light , and is the essence of strong composition. The principle of Notan...
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Seana Mallen
Oct 18, 20202 min read
Pierogies and Pink in Poland, a cycling sketchbook
October 2- 12, The aroma of pierogies and the quest for gravity-assisted adventures brought us to Krakow and the mostly downhill Dunajec...
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seanamercedes
Sep 7, 20202 min read
The Space Between: Watercolour Words and a Homage to Paul Klee
Paul Klee is an amazing artist, a father of abstraction, a master at the Bauhaus and the man who said "drawing is taking a line for a...
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Seana Mallen
Aug 23, 20201 min read
Fabulous Flamboyant Fuchsias
In today's class we were inspired by the fuchsias in Fran's garden... First we splashed loose washes of fuchsia colours onto a taped...
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Seana Mallen
Aug 23, 20203 min read
No More MUD!!
Everything you ever wanted to know about colour theory but were afraid to ask... in a nutshell!
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Seana Mallen
Aug 23, 20201 min read
My First Concertina Sketchbook!
I had the most wonderful time on Thursday visiting Borde Hill Gardens with a few painter friends. IT was SO inspiring. I’d never worked...
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Seana Mallen
Aug 23, 20202 min read
Magical Mystery Tour IV, the south of France in Watercolour
The secret to getting results is not to worry about the results We started with a free loose washy abstract inspired by the feeling of...
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Seana Mallen
Aug 23, 20202 min read
“If I wear armour, I can’t grow or dance.”
Christine’s lovely loose echinacea We started today working wet in wet just enjoying slopping color onto the paper and enjoying the...
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Seana Mallen
Aug 23, 20201 min read
The joys of working with a fountain pen and water soluble ink…
When you are traveling light, perhaps carrying all your stuff in a bike pannier, it’s great to work with a fountain pen with watersoluble...
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Seana Mallen
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Seascapes and Delusions of Grandeur
I am fascinated by how different a painting can look at a different scale. There is a wonderful new app called “In Situ” that allows you...
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Seana Mallen
Jul 21, 20202 min read
Cardoons and Nasturtiums paint-along, July 19th 2020
Hello painters, Today, we carried on from last week’s wet in wet flowers, but started with a bit of review of wet-in-wet skies and...
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Seana Mallen
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Art Apart with Seana, July 16, 2020
We had a great session today, the second stop on our “magical mystery tour”, creating a sketchbook of all the places that we’re missing...
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Seana Mallen
Jul 17, 20202 min read
Bluebells for the NHS
“There is a crack in Everything, that’s how the light gets in” Early in lockdown, in late March, I went on a number of walks in the...
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Seana Mallen
Jul 17, 20201 min read
I Love the Artist Support Pledge!
I am absolutely loving the artist support pledge!! I just purchased my fourth work of art from the talented Kate Osborne. Her beautiful...
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