Author: Novus Studio

My Lockdown Companion! We are no longer discussing what is going on - suffice to say you are still there and we are still here in France. unable to re-start…

A Random Landscape Unbelievable as it may seem this is our 10th Challenge in the 11th week since we had to close the studio because of Coronavirus! Despite an easing…

My Favourite Place Our challenges continue... For this Challenge, we are keeping with the"Favourite" tag. As we are working through the topics it has become clear that that there are…

My Favourite Thing "Le (semi) Confinement" Continues... This week sees not much change to the current situation we find ourselves in and we are still unable to re-open the studio.…

The Self-Portrait! "Le Confinement" Continues... Well, we are still here, still confined to barracks, even though thankfully there is a partial relaxing of the lockdown here in France from next…

The Interior Still in Lockdown...or Le Confinement While we are still - or at least most of us  - still in lockdown (a horrible word with connotations of prison -…

Still Life "The Touchstone of the Painter" Edouard Manet (1832-1883) The history of Still Life painting is a long one. Artists have always painted still life, either as an end…

"Do Remember They Can't Cancel The Spring" Inspired by David Hockney's comment on publishing the above i-pad drawing -  "Do remember they can't cancel the Spring!" - for our third…

With the warmer weather coming we thought that for our second challenge we would take you away - virtually on your screens - to the sun-lit shores of the Mediterranean. Click…