Alice sheridan paintings

Facing a large white panel or canvas can be daunting, but once I get started I actually love this first stage of painting. With nothing established, there is nothing to lose and no risk. Usually I begin by making marks with black – it’s too strong and too harsh but the strong contrast immediately gives […]

A question I seem to have come across a lot recently is how to develop your style as an artist – both as questions from others and as I think about my own art work. I have a slight issue with the word ‘style’ when it comes to creating art of any description: it seems too […]

We all want to make better paintings, get absorbed in the process of creating art and then stand back and discover a masterpiece. Often it doesn’t work quite like that! We can get swamped in the middle stages and easily lose our way, or even motivation to continue. If you recognise that frustration, I hope […]

We all want to make better paintings, get absorbed in the process of creating art and then stand back and discover a masterpiece. Often it doesn’t work quite like that! We can get swamped in the middle stages and easily lose our way, or even motivation to continue. If you recognise that frustration, I hope […]

Landscape Unlocked - Alice Sheridan: contemporary artist

Ever wondered what happened on a painting before it was finished – how it looked along the way? I wrote a while back about knowing when a painting is finished but sometimes it’s hard for me to remember where it began, and quite how many stages it passed through on the way. So I thought […]

This exercise should help you simplify your seeing into drawing. I found this pasted into a sketchbook of mine and wanted to share it with you. The aim is to try to encourage you to think in tonal areas. My natural habit is to draw in a linear way; I think most of us do […]

So excited finally to share this! One of three ‘secret’ projects which I have been keeping under wraps since the end of last year when I was asked to lend paintings for a Zoffany photoshoot. I love these experiments – there is no payment involved but I get to see my work styled in an […]

Or perhaps it doesn’t much…. This week, we’re considering the shifts that we see happening in our artist communities. As galleries closed and art fairs were cancelled, many artists began to look for different ways of selling art. Things may have changed in the immediate future but the long term view of laying down plans …