Unbridled From the Isolation Studio Booth Includes my attempt at a Line Rider video to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1, Op 23. Answers to the Quiz matching artists to mothers. Hints on how to find the camel.
Unbridled Making You Smile Sharing a little from the world of Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz and his world of "Peanuts". Also a litte on Andrew Wyeth and a performance by Krystian Zimerman.
Unbridled Escaping to Another World Sharing some "other worlds" where we can escape to at the moment as illustrated by Louis Maniquet, SGR, Asif Nahas, Alexander Andrews. Includes a link to podcasts from Beth Erikson of Artists Network.
Unbridled Ferdinand Cheval: the postie who built a palace Bringing you the story of Ferdinand Cheval a French postie who started picking up stones on his mail round and ended up building a palace. One of life's incredible stories.
Challenge Mail from Facebook Sharing Communication from Facebook including a photo of New York by Chris O'Brien, the largest tree in the world publicised by Michelle Reddicliffe and a painting by Sara Bevan of Lands End Guild of Artists.
Challenge Update on the Macedonian Shepherd Describing the new painting I am working on which consists of a Macedonian shepherd with his sheep looking out over his village. Read the blog to learn the story behind the painting.
Inspiration Jack Vettriano Jack Vettriano is a Scottish artist who creates provocative images of men and women using a film noir style. His most famous painting is "The Singing Butler" which fetched nearly £750,000 at Sotheby's in 2004.
Inspiration Fabian Perez Fabian Perez takes centre stage. He was born in 1967 and lived with his family outside Buenos Aires. Perez is influenced by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, John Singer Sargent, and Paul Cézanne, but his style is truly his own. Perez created a new style of painting called Neo Emotionalism.
Challenge Firefighters from Afar Remembering and thanking the international help that is coming from firefighters who are in Australia helping us combat some of the worst fires we have ever experienced. Three have made the ultimate sacrifice.
Challenge From the Mail Bag The mail bag today brings you how to paint using a mop - it's called Swob Art. Plus we learn a little more about Van Gogh's postman Joseph Roulin and his familhy.
Challenge Painting a Macedonian Shepherd Sharing the steps involved in painting a picture of a Macedonian shepherd. This is the second blog on The Macedonian Shepherd.
Challenge Minding the Flock Examining a little about tending to sheep. Showing shepherds from France in the early 1800s,
Inspiration Dancing to Art Four dancers (Paul Davidson, Sherifat King, Bethan Kendrick, Housni Hassan) give their interpreation of paintings by Maggi Hambling, Gillian Ayres, Victor Pesmore, Henry Fuseli. Produced by the Tate Britain.
Challenge Remembering Our Forests In the stark reality of the bushfires enveloping Australia we stop to remember that the destruction to our forests, especially the rain forests of Southern Queensland, is of huge significance. Ann Arnold and Anna Salleh write about trees. Images of the Australian Eucalyptus trees.
Challenge Bruce Worden's Art with Words Learning more about the art of Homophones, homographs, homonyms through Bruce Worden and his book "Homophones Visualized". Plus a scone recipe from the Commonsense Cookery Book compiled by the N.S.W. Public School Cookery Teachers' Association ( Angus and Robertson 1914).
Challenge RAIN Praying for rain and watching Maria Raczynska paint a rain picture. Also "Rain Dance" by EJ Cairns and introducing Rosella Namok from the Lockhart River in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.
Challenge Remembering the Emergency Service People Remembering the people from the Emergency Services who work to keep us safe. Shown are an early painting of a bsufhre by von Guerard, the Three Sisiters Blue Mountains by John Wilson, a firefighter by Ben Hoole,
Unbridled Cheeky Cocky Cockies Showing just how beautiful and intelligent are Australia's very own sulphur crested cockatoos..
Challenge Friday's Feature: Manet and Marketing Examining -through an Artsy article- the commercialisation behind the Edouard Manet painting "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere" possessed by The Courtauld Gallery, London.
Unbridled L.S.Lowry: Not such a simple man Showcasing a video which has highlights of the ballet A Simple Man produced by the Northern Ballet Theatre which brings to life the characters painted by English painter L.S. Lowry.
Challenge Unbridled Flesh! Learning a little about paintings of animal flesh by such artists as Claude Monet, Chaim Soutine,
Reflection Vivian Leopold James is dead: Long may the talent of Clive James live on Remembering Clive James, brilliant writer. poet, critic and comedian. Includes Jeffrey Smart's portraits and sketches of Clive James and a video of James' poem - Japanese Maple.
Inspiration The Longest Luncheon on the Grass in history Sharing some images from Luncheon on the Grass series of paintings by Pablo Picasso and also another Luncheon on the Grass painting by New Zealand artist Jacqueline Fahey.
Unbridled Barbecue Paintings Showcasing some paintings of barbecue eating scenes by Reg Mombassa, Archibald Motley, Horace Bradley, Plum Ovelgonne.
Unbridled Food Paintings with a Twist Showcasing some remarkable paintings by: Giuseppe Arcimboldo and Lily Martin Spencer.
