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"Operation Warm Welcome"
Treat yourself and do some good! ‘"Operation Warm Welcome" is the name of the significant cross-government effort under way right now to...
Seana Mallen
Sep 4, 20211 min read


Fabulous Flying Birds are festive and fun!
Though this one seems to be about to bite Alexander Hamilton on the bum... Inspired by the amazing Yorkshire artist, Mark Hearld, all of...
Seana Mallen
Dec 22, 20201 min read


Steal like an Artist. (and a homage to Andrew Wyeth and Victoria Crowe)
Sometimes I look at another artist's work and think, "why do I bother?" That bad voice in my head says, "They are SO awesome and...
Seana Mallen
Nov 17, 20203 min read


Notan Composition: Share YOUR Vision (and YinYang cats)
In the last blog we talked about the theory of NOTAN, but how can you really apply these principles in your work? That is a great...
Seana Mallen
Oct 26, 20202 min read


NOTAN, a bit of philosophy and some fun with scissors
Notan is a Japanese word referring to the balance of Dark and Light , and is the essence of strong composition. The principle of Notan...
Seana Mallen
Oct 19, 20202 min read


Pierogies and Pink in Poland, a cycling sketchbook
October 2- 12, The aroma of pierogies and the quest for gravity-assisted adventures brought us to Krakow and the mostly downhill Dunajec...
Seana Mallen
Oct 18, 20202 min read


The Space Between: Watercolour Words and a Homage to Paul Klee
Paul Klee is an amazing artist, a father of abstraction, a master at the Bauhaus and the man who said "drawing is taking a line for a...
seanamercedes
Sep 7, 20202 min read


Fabulous Flamboyant Fuchsias
In today's class we were inspired by the fuchsias in Fran's garden... First we splashed loose washes of fuchsia colours onto a taped...
Seana Mallen
Aug 23, 20201 min read


No More MUD!!
Everything you ever wanted to know about colour theory but were afraid to ask... in a nutshell!
Seana Mallen
Aug 23, 20203 min read
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