20 July 2022
Can't believe this just happened! 9 amazing days in beautiful Dordogne and being thoroughly spoilt at Perigord Retreats. I had the happiest, funnest group of people and we explored beautiful villages,...
1 July 2022
I'm on Patreon! For a small subscription per month you can join me there. You'll have access to real time videos and other tutorials about how I paint in watercolour and my drawing techniques. Once yo...
7 April 2022
It seems like we've just had the best summer anyone can remember in years and years! Hot, sunny and the best thing for me - almost no wind :-) And now the beautiful weather continues and the trees are...
30 March 2022
What a wonderful 3 weeks painting my favourite subject and sharing it with 16 hardworking folks from around the globe. Week one we covered storytelling in our paintings and then we painted the mid-dis...
1 March 2022
My favourite subject - rustic, old buildings in rural settings. I'm always imagining the stories they could tell, if only they could speak. They're filled with character, and are so much fun to paint....
28 February 2022
I'm lucky enough to belong to 4 different painting groups now, so there's always someone to paint with. It seems to me that as an artist I have a tendency to be rather a loner. My head is full of idea...
25 February 2022
We've had a change of date for this year's French painting retreat. We're now going from 28 June to 7 July - summertime :-) There are only 3 spots left! For more information please visit this page and...
9 February 2022
One of the fun things about sketching outdoors in sketchbooks is documenting the same place again and again. Sometimes I can go back to older sketchbooks to see the same scene in a different season or...
3 February 2022
Visiting the Bannockburn Sluicings is such a treat. Especially a visit up to old Stewart Town, because you know how much I love old stone buildings. I was up there recently with a couple of sketching ...