Bridget March
How art changes lives
The cities of Vietnam are thriving but deep in the countryside, communities are still very poor and among the most deprived are the...
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Bridget March
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Always at home with your art
With price of property rising higher and higher and the need for mobility, more of us are renting properties, especially in cities. The...
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Bridget March
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Art will change your life
Relax ............ you do not have to understand art to buy it any more than you have to understand music, fashion design, the workings...
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Bridget March
- May 17
- 1 min
Dare to be different
'It has bothered me all my life that I don't paint like everyone else' Henri Matisse was born in 1869 and died in 1954. His statement now...
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Bridget March
- May 10
- 3 min
Xuan Dieu and my father
Coincidence is a surprising thing and sometimes very beautiful. I found myself wandering around the online pages of a scholar and...
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Bridget March
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Island delights
The history, the old buildings plus the rich biodiversity of the main island of Con Dao archipelago a fascinating place to visit. Con Son...
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Bridget March
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Vietnam's contemporary art in 2022
The Indochina School of Art of Hanoi was established by the French around 1925 with a view to developing a distinctly Vietnamese style of...
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Bridget March
- Apr 16
- 1 min
Painting does have a purpose
Peter Doig's work has had some influence on my own painting. We see some things in a similar way. His stone walls are as colourful as...
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Bridget March
- Apr 14
- 1 min
Choosing the right paint colours
When you visit the art shop, the choice of paint colours is overwhelming. To make it easier, you might choose of the pocket watercolour...
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Bridget March
- Apr 7
- 1 min
5 top tips for successful skeching
What makes a successful sketch? Here are my top 5 tips to help you improve your drawings. To follow along with this video, you will need:...
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Bridget March
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Take an art class when you visit Hoi An
Next time you plan a visit to Hoi An, why not spend a couple of hours learning something new about drawing, sketching or colour. No...
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Bridget March
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Watercolour painting 101
If you haven't tried painting with watercolour yet, this 101 introduction to paper, paint and some basic techniques will show you what...
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Bridget March
- Mar 17
- 1 min
How to restore acrylic paint brushes
We are all guilty of neglecting our brushes form time to time and when you find a favourite brush that has been left to dry with acrylic...
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Bridget March
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Nothing to lose
The difference between someone who paints and an artist is having the courage to say something meaningful without caring what anyone says...
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Bridget March
- Feb 17
- 1 min
The good things in life
When you visit March Harbour Gallery you can discover all kinds of small things placed here and there. Some of them are just beautiful...
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Bridget March
- Jan 31
- 1 min
A new year and some new artists
We can feel the world opening up around us and Vietnam, one of the very first countries to close its borders, is now looking forward to...
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Bridget March
- Jan 8
- 1 min
The year of the buffalo wasn't so bad!
The year of the Water Tiger will start at the beginning of February and we all wonder what it will bring. Many people have cursed 2020...
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Bridget March
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Vietnam's endangered wildlife
Enormous progress has been made to protect Vietnam's endangered wildlife since I arrived here in 2012. Traffickers are being jailed and...
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Bridget March
- Nov 26, 2021
- 1 min
Family matters
Local artist Phan Thanh Minh has been an artist in Hoi An for over 20 years. He trained as an architect in Saigon but returned ot his...
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