Case Study: Laura Lanoil

“You’re enough, right where you are”Laura Lanoil On learning to trust the process and let go Laura Lanoil lives in California, where she paints in a cosy space tucked inside her home. A lifelong creative, she began painting at the age of 12, then...

Case Study: Lynn Hernandez

Finding Confidence Through Abstraction Seattle-based artist Lynn Hernandez shares how the Directions in Abstraction course helped her build a consistent art practice, reconnect with her creative instincts, and shift from realism to expressive collage. In this honest...

Personality Styles for Artists

Personality Styles for artists: why knowing yours can help you grow in confidence and be more effective as an artist. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lin Cheung Abstract Artist (@linc_art) This live teach on Instagram is for Mindset Transitions my 10 week...
Colour Mixing Taster

Colour Mixing Taster

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lin Cheung Abstract Artist (@linc_art) Find out about Lin’s international online abstract course Directions in Abstraction Colour Harmony In this short live demonstration I am giving you an example of the kind of...
First Steps in Art Making

First Steps in Art Making

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com People often say to me when I’m exhibiting “oh, I’d love to paint” or when I ask, usually as a conversation starter, “do you paint?” they say, “oh no, I’d love to, but I can’t,...

How to be an artist

Making a start Over the last 15 years, since I began painting again, I have attended a fair number of art workshops, some online and some in person. I’ve watched numerous people on YouTube demonstrating techniques. These workshops can be very helpful in showing...