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15th September 2022

Ali Hargreaves goes live to paint a Rhododendron flower in Mixed Media within 30 minutes and Geoffrey Staniford suggests challenging yourself to painting with a restricted palette.

30-minute challenge with Ali Hargreaves Single Rhododendron in Mixed Media

Professional artist and teacher Ali Hargreaves will be live at 2pm, taking part in our 30-minute challenge, with this gorgeous Rhododendron flower.

She will show you how to paint this beautiful, vibrant flower using all sorts of exciting techniques from wax resist to a splatter of Brusho. She will talk you through how to draw the flower and how to be relaxed and just go with the flow to produce a loose style of flower painting. You will learn lots of tips which can be applied to other subjects in the future.

Something every artist should try

We asked our PAs, "What should every artist should try on their artistic journey?" and we're sharing their answers.

See if there's something that you haven't tried yet and give it a go, don't forget to use share your story either whether you give it a go or if you have another tip or trick you'd love to share with us too.

Today's tip is from Geoffrey Staniford:
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