-
British birds paintings 2018
Read morePainting British birds has been the mainstay of my artistic output in 2018. It’s been a busy year dealing with…
0 -
Map of Vincent van Gogh – a painting of the places Vincent lived and worked
Read moreOn this hand-painted map of Vincent, discover where van Gogh lived and worked, and where some of his paintings were created.
-
How to make paper mache birds
Read moreThe paper mache birds I’ve been making this year are more ‘folk art’ than ‘fine art’. People have asked me how I make them. There’s no precise recipe, I’m afraid, but this is roughly how I do it.
-
The suicide of Vincent van Gogh – 29 July 1890
No CommentsRead moreOn 27 July 1890, Vincent van Gogh, an unkempt, unknown 37-year-old Dutchman, walked out of his lodgings in the village…
-
British Rock Music Painting
Read moreMy British Rock Music painting is pure Pop Art! My life has always been accompanied by music, much of it…
-
How I made my painting of the shipping forecast
Read moreDiscover how I made my painting of the UK shipping forecast, ‘Attention All Shipping’ in this blog which includes lots of photos of the work in progress.
-
Shipping forecast wins award!
Read moreTo my utter surprise and delight, my shipping forecast painting, ‘Attention All Shipping’ has won a British Cartographic Society award!
-
The Eynsham tea towel
Read moreA 100% cotton souvenir tea towel of Eynsham, a beautiful village in west Oxfordshire, designed in Eynsham and made in Britain.
-
The death of Frida Kahlo – 13 July 1954
1 CommentRead more“They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.”
Artist Frida Kahlo was born in 1907, the daughter of Hungarian Jewish father and indigenous Mexican mother….
-
Scilly Automatic
Read moreWhere is Scilly Automatic? In June we had a lovely holiday in the Isles of Scilly. You can read about…
About art
The Art of Jane Tomlinson > About art