Lucie Nardiello

So it's been a loooong time since I last uploaded a blog post on here, sorry! I have still been working, and enjoying my painting...

Landscapes have long been a source of inspiration for artists, offering a canvas upon which to depict the beauty and grandeur of the...

Ah, the dreaded artist's block – that frustrating and often agonizing period when inspiration seems elusive, and the creative well runs...

So I'm not great at keeping up with blogging and think it's because I feel like I'm not actually talking to anyone which is most likely...

I've decided to translate a few of the small interior studies I recently painted, onto 30 x 30 cm boards, so I started with the one I...

I had plans to visit Nant-Y-Moch again and study a particular abandoned cottage/barn there as it would've pulled by interest in landscape...

When painting becomes stressful, it is so important to spend a bit of time having fun by painting whatever comes naturally, and so I did...

I have decided to take advantage of the luxury of being able to do a part-time MA and have a studio space by experimenting more with...

I am now about 3 months into my Master's course which I will complete in October 2021, and so have already produced a lot of work as this...

With less than three weeks until the degree show, I decided to start another painting so that I could have more options when it comes to...

Only a couple of weeks left until I need to hang my paintings up in preparation for the degree show. I am feeling a combination of...

I have decided on my exhibition series of paintings which as a set are called Nant-y-Moch: Winter to Spring, but each one is then named...

I have being painting landscapes for a while now and when I use water spray bottles and palette knives, interesting details begin to...

I have started a new painiting based upon my observations of Nant-y-Moch in April. The colours of the land are warmer, with brown tones...

After visiting Nant-y-Moch last week when it was covered in snow, I decided to do a couple of paintings from the photos and sketches I...

I wanted to have a weekly breakthrough with my work and after a good discussion with my tutor, I decided that for this week, I should...

There I was again, showing up to my weekly tutorial with several paintings I wasn't fully happy with but didn't really understand why; an...

The paintings I produce are fairly large in scale and I intend to paint on an even larger scale as my work moves forward. This means when...

The recent paintings I have my produced for my landscape project have all began in a similar way and each develop into different...