free live online demo
10 March 2021
I'm excited to announce I've teamed up with Etchr (the sketchbook and watercolour folks) to bring you a free live demo on their YouTube channel. I'll be painting this lovely scene of the Church of the...
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let's talk about : sketchbooks
1 March 2021
If you've been following me for any time at all, you'll know I'm a big fan of sketchbooks. Besides the many watercolour sketches of mine that you see here and on social media, I also have idea-type dr...
out and about
22 February 2021
Where has my sketchbook been venturing recently? As always it seems to be my life in New Zealand is about mountains and water. Definitely no complaints about that - gotta love summer! All of these ske...
live online painting class - snowy swiss cabin
16 February 2021
Super chuffed to have been joined by folks across the globe for my recent painting class via Zoom. This time we escaped our little lockdown bubbles and took a virtual trip to the Swiss Alps. Such a fu...
new painting tutorial - five watercolour skies
26 January 2021
In this lesson we will paint five different watercolour skies... summer sky with puffy clouds stormy sky cirrus sky sunrise night sky with milky way. I'll teach you lots of tips and tricks and give yo...
live online painting class - venice sunset
17 January 2021
Another super lovely painting session with folks across the globe. This time we visited Venice and painted a beautiful sunset scene in neutral tones. We covered painting with one of my favourite triad...
live online painting class - rusty truck
14 December 2020
What a lovely fun this was! 6 lovely students from USA, Canada and Australia and we painted a scene that I've been wanting to do for years. I drive past this old truck all the time and I've been wanti...
new online watercolour painting lesson - periwinkles
4 December 2020
Lots of folks have been asking me to do a botanical tutorial and here one is. I really enjoyed painting this one and I'm so happy to share it with you. I mean, what colour is prettier than periwinkle ...