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Here’s a fabulous art grant guide for 2021!
All the best art grants, residencies, and opens calls for 2021!Plus, artist relief funds and ongoing grants for artists affected by COVID-19. From Artwork Archive who kindly allowed me to share this with you. Here at Colour in Your Life, we are regularly being asked about art grants or opportunities for artists. We appreciate Artwork…
Read MorePastel Pencil Painting Techniques with Sandra Temple
Internationally recognised Australian artist Sandra Temple is well known for her highly sought-after wildlife works in all mediums, though throughout Australia she is equally well known for her ability to draw out the artist in each of her students. In this video, Part 1 of Sandra’s 4-part tutorial on pastel techniques, learn how to block…
Read MoreHow to Paint Waves at Sunset with Mark Waller
Imbued with wonderful light and depth, Mark transports us to places we can all relate to, bringing into his artwork the childlike wonder that inspires him every day in his artwork and his life. He is passionate about discovering tiny miracles in the world, and teaching others how to discover these moments. In the process…
Read MorePlanning in times of Pandemic: doing the COVID juggle!
Planning and smart goal setting in times of pandemic are very challenging. With all the changes to border closures, isolation, and quarantining it is hard to plan for anything. We all end up doing the “COVID juggle” rather than concrete planning. Events, gatherings and even short trips over the Christmas period have been in flux.…
Read MoreDo you want to be filmed by CIYL? Join us for a zoom Q&A Jan 20
Join Graeme Stevenson and other international artists on our zoom call and ask all the questions you like! You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Jan 20 , 2020 09:30am AEDT 11:30am NZDTJan 19, 5:30pm EST 2:30pm PST Check the time in your place: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ Register Now! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdOuuqjkvGNJLDN5Q-F77YLFF3YG9gkMf Register in advance for this meeting.…
Read MoreMerry Christmas from Sue and Steve Griggs
We hope you enjoy this beautiful video on this special day! Sue and Steve Griggs have so generously created and shared this video with us, in order to spread some love and joy around the world. We hope you have a beautiful day! Watch The Video Here: And check out Steve’s incredible artwork here.
Read MoreHappy Holidays from the CIYL Team!
2020 – a Year Like No Other 2020 has been a tough year for most of us. And in this, the season of hope, faith and love, from our Colour In Your Life family to yours, we want to wish you and your loved ones the very best of health, happiness and creative fulfillment. …
Read MorePainting a Pastel Seascape – Part 2 with Lyn Diefenbach
Lyn has been a professional artist for 25 years and a teacher of the craft of painting across Australia and the world for some 20 years. For quite some time Lyn wasted a lot of energy worrying about whether being an artist was something worthwhile. But then she read Pope John Paul 2’s letter to…
Read MoreTestimonial : Kathy Ellem
We filmed Kathy Ellem in November 2020 as our second VIRTUAL CIYL show. This is a new format due to the travel restrictions imposed as a result of COVID 19. I encourage you to hear what she had to say and watch her fabulous show. See Kathy’s show here: https://youtu.be/267KVmu9Es4Go Directly to Kathy’s website – https://www.kathyellem.com/ If you…
Read MoreTestimonial: Anita Nevar
New filming format: Studio CIYL We filmed Anita Nevar in November 2020 as our first Studio CIYL show. This was a new format due to the. travel restrictions imposed as a result of COVID 19. We had loads of fun filming Anita, as we pioneered this new format for CIYL. I encourage you to hear what she had…
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