a deer in the snow with artist Renee Walden

a deer in the snow

8 December 2022

Let's have some winter fun with a deer looking out through some falling snow. This is a quick and easy painting - a perfect introduction to painting an animal, if you've never done one before.

If you are still painting Christmas cards, then this one could be perfect.

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

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summer flowers & an old fence post

16 June 2026

There's something irresistibly paintable about a weathered fence post half-swallowed by summer wildflowers. It's the contrast that does it — rough, sun-bleached wood against the soft, fleeting delic...

recap! travel sketching in france, 2026

9 June 2026

Five times at Périgord Retreats, and the magic is still there.. Every single time I hop on the train in southern France and get whisked through French countryside and villages to Gourdon Station — ...

painting zebras in watercolour

3 June 2026

Ater spending time in South Africa recently, surrounded by the kind of wildlife you only see there, I came home with many sketches of zebras, giraffes, warthogs, baboons and more and a strong urge to ...