Anna Schofield Art

I think every artist has a day when they just simply do not feel like painting. This is how I felt on today. I was doing everything else just not creating. I even started to doubt that my skill is good enough. Then I thought this is a wrong attitude. Why do I even think like that? Just sit down, take a brush and see what is going to happen. After very short moment this misty valley started to appear on my canvas and my face has brighten up. I was selecting my favourite colour

I have noticed I am going through the faces and I either stick to one subject for a while or the way I apply texture and colour. I have grown to the place where I am happy to have less paintings in stock but much better in quality. I have created this landscape just recently and left it to dry. It looks interesting already but I want to add more transparent layers to it. Some people may think there is a fine line with a finished piece and the one that can be overdone. I was o

I think discipline is very important in any job we do. As an artist we have to focus on so many aspects of it that its good to be disciplined all the time. However there are days when you wake up and you simply don't feel in a mood to paint. At the beginning when I started working as an artist I was very hard on myself. I thought that its wrong to have days off. Then I realise that certain things cannot be rushed. Sometimes making a break is better. Coming back to painting w

Painting works exactly the same way as any other field of work. The more you do something the better you get at it. Your style will become more advanced and your methods will improve. But ideas? Where do we take those from? Well the answer will be different to every artist. If you are at the beginning of your painting experience then I suggest you try everything that interest you for example: still life, landscapes, portraits,flowers - whatever speaks to you first, What I mea