landscape painting class
30 August 2020
Here are a few photos from a very fun day teaching watercolour landscape painting techniques in Wanaka, New Zealand. Students worked on 2 different scenes, painting along with me. And they worked very...
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zoom painting class - august 2020
5 August 2020
Another wonderful Zoom class on 2 August, with 4 students joining me to paint a seascape from the Archway Islands at Wharariki Beach at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. It's amazing what ev...
a month in golden bay
19 July 2020
So we were meant to have a little escape from our frosty home down south. A couple of weeks at the top of the South Island, to warm our souls. Turns out it was hard to tear ourselves away after a mont...
new online painting lessons
10 June 2020
I have two new landscape lessons available on my website. Both cover a large number of skills from composition, to colour mixing, to painting wet on wet and wet on dry. You learn how to paint skies, m...
painting an autumn postcard
21 May 2020
Join me in painting a little autumn scene on a postcard. Seal your postcard with a little bit of spray varnish and pop it in the post! A wonderful way to spread some joy in this crazy world. Happy pai...
painting old boats - online watercolour lesson
9 May 2020
In this online lesson we get to paint this very pretty scene. I break it down into small achievable parts - rainy sky, water and reflections and, of course, boats. At the end you'll have a beautiful p...
a day in the maniototo
19 April 2020
Back in March I was invited by Catlins artist Lynley van Alphen to join her on a day's plein air painting in Central Otago. The day was showery and squally, but it didn't put us off and we both comple...
painting fishing huts in pen and watercolour
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...
upcoming workshops : painting landscapes in pen and watercolour
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...