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Savvy Painter Growth Studio 21 Day Notan Challenge

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As part of the Savvy Painter Growth Studio, I took part in the 21 day #savvypainterinstachallenge on Instagram. The video above (based on Van Gogh’s Chair ‘self portrait’) is one example of my attempts to use the Japanese technique of Notan to analyse the composition of paintings by famous artists.

Notan, which loosely translates as ‘light-dark’, can also be used to investigate other aspects of a painting besides light and shadow, such as pattern, repetition, balance, saturation etc.

You can view the work of all the students participating in the challenge by clicking on the hashtag link above, or see all my Instagram posts here.

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New Album Artwork: Fire by Velvet

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Velvet Fire Album Front Cover
Velvet Fire Album Front Cover

Velvet Fire Album Artwork
Velvet Fire Album Artwork

This is the artwork for the cover of my daughter’s band, Velvet’s, debut EP, which is called Fire. It was officially released last Friday by CEG Records. You can hear samples or purchase the CD at https://cegrecords.com/velvet

They’ve been played several times by Adam Walton on Radio Wales, who said:

I just think that Aimee has a quality, it’s not a similarity to Cerys Mathews’ voice, it’s a similarity of spirit rather than execution which I think is highest praise as when you listen especially to early Catatonia, Cerys’ voice I just think is remarkable.”

— Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales

They can also be heard on Spotify

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