an old wooden barn

Vibrant watercolour landscape with lots of texture
Vibrant watercolour landscape with lots of texture

Here's the type of scene I really love. So simple in composition, so you're free to have a lot of fun with the washes and textures. It's possible to paint a scene like this again and again, changing the feeling each time and telling a whole different story.

Step by step tutorial on Patreon and Renee's Studio.

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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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painting the valley of the red gods

painting the valley of the red gods

28 April 2026

There's something particular about returning to a place you loved when you were young. The Valley of the Red Gods, tucked into the Western Cape of South Africa, is one of those places for me — and f...

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