It occurred to my little OCD mind that it would be super cool to create yummy colour mixing recipes using a limited palette of acrylic paints. I have a feeling this is either completely inspired or absolute madness. I’m relying on you guys to tell me which. I will take silence as implicit agreement with the former. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s true. Asceticism conjures images of a brown robed monk toiling in a dimly lit cave, whilst aestheticism brings the bourgeois decadence of Marie Antoinette’s France to mind. Switch out the monk’s brown robe for something a little bit cuter, furnish his cave modestly yet tastefully, and instil in him a deep-seated longing that everything functional also be beautiful — somehow making the world a better place — and you’ll be coming close to seeing how the two traits intermingle in yours truly. Read the rest of this entry »
If you happen to follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you’ve probably heard me whinging about being out of some staple art supplies these past few weeks. It’s currently Day 21 of what I’ve come to refer to as the “out-of-vital-art-supplies-and-my-order-still-hasn’t-arrived” saga. I’ve had a couple of kind souls offer to perform an emergency art supplies drop, which we’re calling “Operation Pigment Pusher”. Read the rest of this entry »
Leontine Greenberg’s work inspired me to change up my own illustrative style quite a bit. I love that her illustrations possess strong elements of realism but that she isn’t hindered by literal, concrete reality. Her illustrations inhabit the space somewhere between realism and fantasy; a perfect ethereal balance. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m in heavy experimentation mode here in Studio Nettle, folks. So much so, that I’m launching an entire blog series in which I can get my art geek on and discuss what I learnt when I decided to answer the abundant, “what would happen if I did this?” questions. Today’s post will be about how I’m finding working on a series in order to build a cohesive body of work. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s what’s on my studio table at the moment. You’re looking at three pieces on paper in PanPastel, Ranger’s Distress Inks and collage. Although these mediums aren’t new to me, I’m using them in completely different ways to how I usually do so I’m just making it up as I go along. Read the rest of this entry »
Inspired by this starkly honest post by an artist after my own heart, Valeria Chua, I’ve decided it’s confession time.
Sometimes, I struggle with painting so much I don’t enjoy it.
Then, I feel guilty about not enjoying it. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a snippet of the eclectic awesome from far-flung corners of the internets in which I’ve found myself recently: Read the rest of this entry »
I’d like to give you permission to not share your artwork with friends and family. Not that it’s in my power to grant, but if it makes you feel better you can go ahead and pretend it is. During a conversation with a writer friend the other day I admitted to not even showing my partner finished pieces a lot of the time. Read the rest of this entry »
I wasn’t too interested in reading about the theories and practises behind painting when I was just starting out. Now that I’ve been doing this for a while however, I’ve begun to develop an interest in certain topics as they arise organically in my work. Most recently I’ve delved into the world of colour mixing, as I continue to be mystified by its vagaries, cloaked in a disarming illusion of easy-peasyness. Read the rest of this entry »
Nellie Windmill is the project of Katherine Herriman... (that’s me). Hi! I paint ideas that make me smile. Since 2009, my nomadic studio dwells in a motorhome somewhere in Europe, called "Nettle".
