3 April 2020
In this video I show you how I painted these fishing huts in pen and watercolour, working from a photo I took a few weeks ago. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know. Materials list...
4 March 2020
Painting landscapes in pen and watercolour.. In this one day workshop we’ll learn about aerial perspective, how to paint some different skies, trees, mountains and water. We’ll complete a couple o...
4 February 2020
Some photos of my hardworking students from this weekend. They were amazing! Each took home 5 completed paintings. A record I think for one weekend! Day one we spent learning linear perspective, paint...
31 January 2020
Of course us lucky folk who live near the Southern Alps in New Zealand have the most wonderful big vistas at almost every turn of the road, or, for many, from the lounge window. Since the beginning of...
5 January 2020
Over the last little while I've been exploring some of our local gold mining history of Central Otago. The remains of the old settlements from a completely different era really capture my imagination....
30 December 2019
In this 2 day workshop I cover watercolour painting and pen drawing techniques, the tricks of aerial and linear perspective, how to choose a subject and compostion. I teach a range of skills that will...
16 December 2019
It seems like all the rainy and windy weather we've been having has been making me think of little hiking huts, far away in the hills, in the middle of nowhere :-) These little paintings are available...
3 December 2019
One of our favourite picnic spots in the Pyrenees painted here with a stormy sky. Music "Remember" by David Walden. Materials... Lamy Safari fountain pen. EF nib. DeAtramentis Document Ink. Paper - Fa...
25 June 2019
Spring! Pyrenees! The hills are alive with the sounds of pens scratching on paper and the swish of a brush in water :-)