October: Imphala: When you go
I have been watching my very indepedent daughter walk away her whole life. Up the path to nursery school in Gobabis, small legs going faster than I expected. Into classrooms, friendships, experiences. It’s pride laced…
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November: Lweti: When It Rains
Most of my twelve teabag art quilts hold their shape. They are colourwash impressions — warm, pixelated, luminous when backlit. But November is different. It is dark. Storm-coloured. A brewing sky, heavy with what is…
December: Ingongoni: Stillbaai
Every December, my family and I make the same journey. It’s the great ‘trek’ down to the coast. It takes two days of driving to get from Eswatini to Stilbaai, a small coastal town in…
How to draw Negative Space
Positive space describes the object that you are drawing, for example the tree in your garden. Negative space is the space around an object. A successful composition when taking a picture or planning an artwork…
Drawing African Trees
A quick and easy tutorial to help you draw and shade an African tree in pencil. Firstly, take a deep breath and a good look around your neighbourhood, garden or park. Look down up and…
Colour
Learn: How to mix colours (food colouring, watercolour and coloured pencil) – understand how you can make pretty much any colour from red, yellow and blue. How to use a colour wheel About primary, secondary,…
How to use the Grid Method for drawing
The Grid Method allows you to copy an image perfectly in proportion onto your paper. From there, you can the paint or shade it to make it look perfectly lifelike.
Cereal Box Shoe Sculptures
Reuse those old cereal boxes by making a shoe sculpture. Step by step guide through making templates, transferring them, and putting it all together. Simple to do right at home.
How to set up and draw a Still Life
Learn the top tips for setting up a still life, as well as how to draw/paint it.
Love in a teacup (or mug) Challenge
A fantastic challenge that aims at unleashing someone close to you, and your, creative side. Decorate and paint a mug depicting your special friend\'s personality.