art retreat france
20 December 2021
It's happening! Join me this coming May for 10 days of sketching in southern France. We'll be staying at Perigord Retreats and exploring their beautiful countryside. Everything is taken care of ... ex...
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a love affair with old buildings
22 November 2021
When I first started travel sketching in Europe back in 2007, I filled a book full of snippets, memories, stories and pasted in notes that documented all sorts of things from our 3 month trip through ...
upcoming online class from mallorca
26 October 2021
This weekend I'll be teaching a live, online workshop from Mallorca. We've been here a couple of weeks now and it's so beautiful. The sea is crystal clear, the villages are quaint and tiny, and there'...
i do like to be beside the seaside
29 September 2021
After a couple of months in the mountains, it was time for some sea time on the north coast of Spain. We love the coast here - it's rocky and wild and there's the backdrop of the big mountains of Pico...
upcoming online seascape painting class
21 September 2021
This Sunday I'll be painting live from the north coast of Spain and you can join me and paint along! The coast here is wild and untamed and exceptionally beautiful. I can't wait to share it with you. ...
salut france!
26 August 2021
We're back in the land of good wines, croissants, lavender, and immaculate villages full of flowers. And beautiful, rugged hills where the alpine flowers are still in full bloom. So awesome to be back...
hola espana y hola verano!
19 July 2021
It's a topsy turvy world right now and for lots of folk it seems crazy that we'd want to travel halfway across the world. But, wow! It's so good to be back in Spain, enjoying the start of summer, catc...
out and about : autumn into winter
10 June 2021
Autumn changing into winter - such a lovely time of year to capture on paper. Of course, the shorter days which are always pretty damp and can sometimes actually be freezing make for challenging condi...
urban sketching france : trip down memory lane
20 May 2021
Since I'm planning on teaching a 10 day painting retreat in France this September (details here), of course I'm dreaming about sketching those beautiful old villages and gorgeous landscapes again. And...