As far back as I can remember, I had a love of making art and after an early career in the hotel industry and then a life dedicated to bringing up my two children, I finally realised my ambition of becoming an ‘Artist’ when I graduated from Bucks New University in 2009 with a First […]
The Bigger Picture : BBC’s The Big Painting Challange Exhibition at Lauderdale House
This weekend is the last chance to meet BBC’s The Big Painting Challenge artists altogether in one room! All 10 artists will be present this Sunday at ‘Meet-The-Artist’ day at their exhibition at Lauderdale House in Highgate from 10am to 5pm. We went last weekend and took some pics to tempt you into going, not […]
Social Media & Bespoke Framing – article from Art Business Today
Social Media & Bespoke Framing Art Business Today – Fine Art Trade Guild’s monthly trade magazine features Bespoke Framing in an article focusing on social media. Three art and framing businesses reveal how social media helps promote their companies and has a positive effect on their business. The article looks at how we, Bespoke Framing, […]
The Big Painting Challenge winner – Paul Bell
The Big Painting Challenge winner – Paul Bell BBC One’s The Big Painting Challenge has uncovered Britain’s best amateur artist, named this evening as Paul Bell. The final episode, airing on Sunday 29 March at 6pm, names Glaswegian Paul Bell as The Big Painting Challenge champion Across six episodes judges Daphne Todd, OBE, and Lachlan […]
Art Competition
In our busy lives it’s easy to lose sight of the present moment. Noticing what’s around us, our thoughts and feelings, and what these are telling us is known as mindfullness. Being actively mindful can help to reduce stress and anxiety levels, as well as depression. Mindfulness benefits our head, as well as our heart and […]
The Big Painting Challenge – episode 2
Portraiture Episode 2 of 6 Presenters Una Stubbs and Richard Bacon take the artists to London’s South Bank. In a converted Victorian warehouse by the Thames, expert judges Lachlan Goudie and Daphne Todd OBE set the nine remaining artists one of the most notoriously tricky painting challenges – portraiture. For their opening task, the […]
Brian Bennett FROI MA
Brian Bennett is a past President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, somewhat anomalously known as the ROI. He has exhibited widely, notably at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the New English Art Club and, of course, at the ROI, of which in 1996 […]
Paul Bell – The Big Painting Challenge
Local based Glaswegian Paul has worked in interior design and as an architectural illustrator. He is currently a stay at home dad, painting as often as he can in between looking after his youngest daughter, three-year-old Frances. Paul loves oils though admits he can find them messy and slow, and is very happy working with acrylic. […]
Art on a budget
Add Art To Your Home Without Spending A Fortune How often have you looked at your bare walls and wished you could do something to make your home more interesting? But when you’re on a budget, expensive artwork isn’t a high priority. So what can you do? Here are some ideas on how to add […]
Jenny Earnshaw – Mosaic Artist
I grew up in the Peak District of Derbyshire and have lived in the Chilterns of South Bucks for the last twenty years, latterly in Wooburn Green. Having worked as a midwife in High Wycombe for a number of years, the opportunity came in 2011 for me to concentrate full-time on the creative part of […]