Novus Art Challenge #14
Transcription Project "Copier, c’a été l’éducation de presque tous les grands maîtres. […] On copiait tout ce qui nous tombait sous la main, d’œuvres d’artistes contemporains ou antérieurs"[Copying was the…
Novus Great Art Challenge #13
Tonal Painting - Part 2 The last Challenge #12 we set you using only two colours - Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Blue, was a first of this type for many…
Novus Great Art Challenge #12
2-Colour Painting! We are now into our 13th week Challenges - with to date over 130 paintings and drawings submitted! For this week's challenge there is no "Theme" as we…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
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.…
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…
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 -…