Lessons from the Artistic Greats to Enhance Your Creative Process

Scratch with the Masters throws a spotlight on some of the artistic greats from the distant and not-so-distant past and what they can teach us about our own creative process. So settle down on the sofa and prepare to be enthralled anew...

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall's rule-breaking attitude has a lot to teach us about refining our artistic path.

Henri Matisse

John Singer Sargent

Get inspired to draw by this master of the pencil.

Richard Diebenkorn
Paper cut-outs are not just for kids and can be a great way to loosen up our creative process. Matisse demonstrates.

Antonio López García

Why not finishing or painting slowly is no bar to fame and fortune to Spain's most revered realist painter.

Paul Klee

The growth trajectory of enquiring artists is not always linear - as a look at the art of Paul Klee reveals.

Lillian Bassman

The sultry black and white fashion shots of Lillian Bassman are ripe for cross-fertilisation and creative sustenance.
How to blur the limits between realism and abstraction courtesy of 20th century American artist, Richard Diebenkorn.

Salvador Dalí

Love him or hate him, the Master of Surrealism has some canny lessons to teach us about creativity.

Joan Miró


Drawing with Paint: Take a trip down memory lane with Miró and me.