15 March 2023
Visiting Morocco has been on my mind for years! The vibrant colours, the culture, the architecture and landscapes - all so different to anything I've ever sketched before. I'm really excited to announ...
9 March 2023
It's not necessary to paint every single stone or brick ;-) In this skills lesson I show you how to simplify stonework and brickwork in pen and watercolour. First we'll do a few of small exercises for...
2 March 2023
Here's one of the happiest paintings I've done in a while! A barn in a field of dandelions. I just want to run through and set them all off :-) There are a lot of wonderful parts to this painting - bi...
23 February 2023
The sanctuary of Sant Joan del Codelar is nestled in some huge, old cypresses, and at the foot of the Montsant Range, just inland from Tarragona in Spain. It's one of our favourite places for the abso...
9 February 2023
It's the season of love! And this week on Patreon there's a full lesson for this watercolour painting of the Eiffel Tower in spring and peeping through some pink blossoms. Full video lesson, drawing t...
2 February 2023
A super fun weekend painting with 15 members of the Hawaii Watercolor Society via Zoom. Our theme was "Atmospheric Landscapes" and I chose 2 scenes - a storm with a lovely stone and wooden barn, and a...
2 February 2023
I must be ready for spring! This week on Patreon we paint a butterfly on a cosmos flower - a perfect lesson for my students in the southern hemisphere who are in the height of summer at the moment and...
26 January 2023
All along the coast of Sardinia are these wonderful coastal towers. Every one is a little different and they're always in a spectacular position. Dating from around 1570 onwards, a series of coastal t...
12 January 2023
High in the hills of Sardinia we came across this abandoned railway station. It's pink! My favourite colour :-) All sorts of interesting parts to this sketch - one and two point perspective, winter tr...