Studio Notes | Helen Frost

Plein-aire portability: a quick tip

If you have tried your hand at landscape painting, you may have found, as I did, that taking your wet […]

Recently I’ve made a few excursions painting in Paris. Although it’s been steep learning curve in both painting and logistics,

This is a collection of studies from my last few painting classes with Studio Escalier. They are mostly unfinished but for the purposes

Mastercopy of Thomas Lawrence’s William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melborne. Previous palette I use a similar limited palette as on my previous

Or….. If you want to learn to paint, copy a painting….not a photograph. Let’s face it; learning to paint can

Master-copy madness: I’ve been attempting a master copy of Sarah Trimmer, after Lawrence: It does look very much better when

The Power of Art is a fascinating series of programmes presented by Simon Schama. He presents each painter in the context

Why make colour charts? There are several compelling reasons why I wanted to make my own colour charts. It all

“The mere matter of putting on paint….. [Brush]strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is

When I first wanted to start painting I wondered which colours to buy. I did some research and discovered many

Studies from the Studio Escalier Spring figure painting class. I’ve recently returned from a 3 week intensive painting class with

The search for the perfect drawing paper, part 2: As an artist you are likely to take an interest the