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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Bigvyor – a quick “User Guide”
If you haven’t yet visited us at bigvyor.com, here is a quick guide to help you find your way around the site. First of all, you may be wondering about the name? Well, it is made up of all the … Continue reading
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Photographing the Winter Landscape
The snow has stayed with us for the best part of a week in our corner of south west Scotland so I have taken the opportunity to get out and about with my camera. I have already taken views of … Continue reading
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Tagged Charcoal, Drawing, Landscape, loch, Photography, Scotland, trees, Van Gogh, Winter
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Inspiration in Winter
Although it may surprise some of you, we don’t actually get that much snow in this part of Scotland. The news bulletins tend to exaggerate the extent to which Britain is affected by bad weather and the recent blast of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigvyor, Dumfries and Galloway, Photography, Sketching, watercolour, Wigtown Bay, Winter
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The Lost Art of Pencil Drawing
For many artists, pencil sketching or drawing is often thought of more as an exercise or perhaps the prelude to a painting. This is very much the approach encouraged by art schools and colleges. Consequently this area of expertise is … Continue reading
Art safer than gold?
With virtually everyone affected by the world’s current financial problems, it was interesting to see a recent report on artnet.com suggesting that investment in art seems to be bucking the trend. Pablo Picasso was second only to Andy Warhol in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Auction, Christie's, Koons, Picasso, Richter, Sothebys, Warhol
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An Introduction to Bigvyor
My blog is being produced in association with Bigvyor.com and, for those of you that have not yet visited the site, I can thoroughly recommend it. Although it is already an excellent source of ideas and inspiration, it is also … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigvyor, Deepak Mohan, Harvey Mayson, Jing Bao, London Eye, Times Square at Night
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Setting up a Studio or Workspace
I have not set myself a “New Year’s resolution” as such, but one of the things that I have promised to do this year is to set up my studio so that I have somewhere set aside for my artwork. … Continue reading
Driftwood inspiration
One area that I am very keen to explore in 2013 is the recycling of materials to form new pieces of artwork. With much of the world still affected by recession and the search continuing for alternative energy sources, there … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigvyor, driftwood, Dumfries & Galloway, folk art, Heather Jansch, horses, sculpture, Stone Circle, Torhouse
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Harvey’s Blog
I am delighted to have been asked to write a regular blog for Bigvyor.com and would like to introduce myself to the site’s regular followers. I always knew that art would be my chosen career path and studied fine art for my … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, Bigyvor, blog, Eco-friendly, Ecoarts, economical, Harvey, Harvey Mayson
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