“Nature Transformed” / “A Level” art for beginners

Over the last year, for an hour and a half each week, I have been privately tutoring an “A Level” Fine Art student together his younger sister. I began my academic career in a sixth form college,  where I taught

when is a life drawing not a life drawing ?

“life force” 841 x 594 mm pastel on cartridge © http://www.chriswoodartist.com all rights reserved It would seem summer has arrived. I think May in the UK is often one of the best months – the sun shines, everything starts growing

RESIDENCY UPDATE 8.9.12

I’m 3 Days into my residency and have a number of tangible signs of activity – not least sunburnt forearms ! Before the residency started, I made a couple of A3 linoprints and took several hundred photographs. In addition, I

In the beginning there was a line. . . .

For a painter, the start might be a shape or a field of colour. Some painters work directly, others, like myself, create numerous drawings before committing themselves. I began my journey as an artist with drawing, making lines. I still