1 September 2026
A couple of weeks ago, while hiking with friends in Val Ferret on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, I made a decision that will surprise no one who knows me. An hour in, we stopped to shed ou...
8 August 2026
How to paint sunflowers in watercolour – loose, bold and full of light. If you've ever wanted to paint a field of sunflowers but dreaded the thought of rendering every single petal, this lesson is f...
24 June 2026
Here's a deceptively simple painting delivers maximum impact for minimal effort — a wet-in-wet background and a limited palette do most of the work, while the result glows with light and looks far m...
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...
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 ...
30 April 2026
Another long one — grab that coffee again. This is a question I hear constantly, and I want to answer it honestly. Because the truth is slightly uncomfortable: when your painting doesn't match the t...
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...
11 April 2026
There's something about bluebells. That hazy, glowing carpet of purple-blue that appears for just a few weeks each spring, always in the kind of light that makes you want to stand very still. It's one...
2 April 2026
Aren't primroses just made to be painted? That deep violet with the yellow centres, and if you look closely, so many beautiful colour variations within each petal. They're the first really intense col...