new postcard tutorial with artist Renee Walden

new postcard tutorial

24 March 2021

It's been quite a long while, but I finally have a new painting demo on YouTube. Yay! We get to paint this lovely spring scene from the Swiss Alps.

Grab your paper and paints and paint along with me. Then add a note and a stamp and send some love to someone. We could all do with some love in the mail right now.

Watch the tutorial here.

A free lesson for you!

One of my all-time favourite paintings of a stormy day in a ruined Roman town in Spain.

You can do this! Let me show you how. Join my community to receive this free video tutorial.

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