Novus Great Art Challenge #11
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 the classes. Therefore we will continue to post Challenges for you to look at, and hopefully engage with! This week as we are generally no […]
Novus Great Art Challenge #10
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 of restrictions in some areas we are still unable to travel back and forth between France and the UK as we used to. As a […]
Novus Great Art Challenge #9
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 many, many variations and possible interpretations. Many artists had favourite places that they would return to again and again – we have already talked about […]
Novus Great Art Challenge #8
My Favourite Toy Although this week sees a relaxing of the lockdown measures we are still unable to re-open the studio – we can’t even leave France at the moment! So we have decided to continue setting our challenges for those of you who are still at home or if you are not, see whether […]
Novus Great Art Challenge #7
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. So our challenges continue. For this Challenge, after the stresses caused by last weeks self-portrait we thought we would go easy on you this week […]
Novus Great Art Challenge #6
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 week from the 11th May – not a full relaxation as some in the UK report, but at least we will be able to travel […]
Novus Great Art Challenge #5
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 – we much prefer the French “confinement” more a case of confined to quarters) we thought that we would keep the mood internalised and look to […]
Novus Great Art Challenge #4
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 in its own right or part of a larger composition. Examples have been frequently found in the tombs of ancient Egypt, where depictions of things […]
Novus Great Art Challenge #3
“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 Challenge, with the warm sunny Easter weather upon us, we thought we would focus on Nature, with Spring bursting forth all around us. So the […]
Novus Great Art Challenge #2
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 on the following link which will take you to a live webcam of Boccadasse, Genoa in Italy. https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/liguria/genova/boccadasse-genova.html When the link opens in a […]