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...
1 July 2026
Potters pink is very pretty, dusty pink with an old world feel. It granulates beautifully and is very lightfast. While pretty on its own, it’s a super versatile colour to use in all sorts of ways. J...
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 ...
14 May 2026
There's a particular stretch of road I've been driving lately that has been making my heart sing. The farmers around here have been planting their fields with sainfoin — a flowering crop used as an ...
11 May 2026
We're just back from a month in South Africa - lots of family time, visits to favourite haunts, climbing and camping, and, of course, a little bit of sketching time. I grew up in South Africa and when...
7 May 2026
I have a treat for you today — a free painting lesson over on the DeepDeepLight YouTube channel, and I'd love you to come paint along with me. We're painting one of South Africa's most iconic views ...
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...