Venice Biennale 2017 near the Giardini

Venice Biennale 2017

Venice Biennale 2017A great trip to Venice in October to catch the 2017 Venice Biennale in the Giardini and the Arsenale.  The Giardini is a long established exhibition site and many countries have a permanent pavilion here.  There is…
Assembly Rooms Christmas craft fair, Edinburgh Diana Hand stand

Assembly Rooms Christmas Craft Fair, Edinburgh – what a pleasure!

Assembly Rooms Christmas Craft Fair, Edinburgh  - a resume This weekend I have been at the Assembly Rooms Christmas Craft Fair, Edinburgh with 120 other artists, makers and designers for a great creative gathering.  There is nothing like…

Alan McGowan class

This week I shall be working on the portrait with Alan McGowan, the Edinburgh-based figurative artist.  Alan works works in a free and expressive style.  This apparently improvisatory style is actually based on a rigorous knowledge of anatomy. …
Martin Campos demo

Painting with Martin Campos

In July I went to Cork in Ireland to study with Martin Campos, teacher at Philadelphia College of Art.  Martin is a figurative painter, who specialises in the human figure, and he is a wonderful draughtsman and painter.  But I like the way…
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Painting horses

I am exploring the use of colour in my equestrian art.  The coat texture and the colours so rich and different from our human skin. SaveSave
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Life drawing in Edinburgh and Glasgow

As well as the portrait class, I am  practising life drawing each week at the excellent untutored sessions at Leith School of Art.SaveSaveSave
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Portrait Class at Glasgow School of Art Open Studio

I  am learning about the structure of the head in the Portrait Class with Cynthia Bowles at Glasgow School of Art Open  Studio evening class.  Wonderful...!!SaveSaveSaveSave
Watercolour sketch of horse

Drawing Horses with Diana Hand at Callander Summerfest

 i shall be holding a day-long workshop on 29th July in St Andrews Church Hall, Leny Road, Callander, FK17 8AL  from 10 am to 4 pm.  The cost is £30, including basic materials.The subject will be horses, drawing horses, in whatever…
Palace House Newmarket

Society of Equestrian Artists Summer Exhibition, Palace House, Newmarket

The Summer Exhibition of the Society of Equestrian Artists at the National Heritage Centre  for Horseracing & Sporting Art . in NewmarketThe exhibition coincides with Europe’s Premier Midsummer Sale at Tattersalls and The…
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Cut the Mustard Summer Exhibition 10th June to 24th August, 2017

 Cut the Mustard is a private gallery, representing 60 different artists, makers and jewellery designers.   It is owned and run by photographer Barry Young, and jeweller Lisa Rothwell-Young.  In their words“We run 5 or…