snowy landscape in watercolour
7 January 2024
There was something so evocative in this reference photo when I first saw it years ago. Something that said freezing cold, winter's day. But it was really the clarity of the colours that caught my ima...
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paint your own watercolour christmas cards
11 December 2023
Season's greetings and happy holidays! I love this time of year when everything looks so festive and so many people are feeling creative. Are you painting cards for Christmas? Here's a list of the 6 t...
new postcard club
9 December 2023
Just launched! A new Patreon tier where you can receive an original postcard painting from me each month - the Postcard Club. I love to paint tiny paintings, full of details and vibrant colours. Tiny ...
autumn silver birches
16 November 2023
I couldn't let the year finish without an autumn scene :-) So here are some very pretty silver birches we spotted on a hike the other day. They just glow against the darker mountain behind! While the ...
snowy christmas robin
9 November 2023
I'm going to say it! Christmas is coming!! So let's get a bit of head start by painting a cute, little, fluffy robin in the snow. You can scan your finished painting and turn it into a Christmas card ...
sunlit ruin and stormy sky
4 November 2023
A couple of weeks ago I discovered a new abandoned town - Tiermas. This one is an old Roman town and had some beautiful medieval buildings, including a very large church. In the 1950s most of the town...
painting watercolour landscapes with depth
25 October 2023
Upcoming Zoom course! How do you paint beautiful, vibrant, watercolour landscapes with a wonderful sense of depth? When you paint a landscape with depth you draw a viewer right into your scene. You ca...
advice on painting boats on location
16 October 2023
Painting boats, their reflections and their beautiful surrounding is one of the most romantic themes for watercolourists and a very popular subject. Boat paintings in all media have a very long histor...
paint little boats in pen and watercolour
12 October 2023
For the last few years it's been a tradition for us to travel to the north coast of Spain for a little seaside holiday in September. Like migrating birds, we seem to be drawn (excuse the pun!) to the ...