17 September 2024
This is one of the 'what if...' experiments I've been doing lately. As an artist I do them all the time. This one is ... what if I do a coloured pencil drawing and then add watercolour on top? You're ...
12 September 2024
We're continuing with the still water theme and reflections this week and painting a very pretty autumn scene from a bay on Lake Wānaka which is near my home in New Zealand. This is one of my favouri...
5 September 2024
A few weeks ago I asked my students what they would like for upcoming lessons. There were quite a few of you who asked for a skills lesson on painting still water. So here it is! Water is a wonderfull...
22 August 2024
A super, super cute fluffy bumblebee. What's not to love?! The focus here is on the bee itself, with all the other elements in the scene soft and blurry. We have fun with painting the bright colours a...
20 August 2024
Sketching an old ruin near our home. Listening to the sounds of sawing and hammering from our place. It certainly is not as tranquil as it looks in these photos. But these are happy sounds! We've fina...
8 August 2024
I'll honestly admit that when I saw this reference photo my immediate thought was how we could have so much fun painting lots and lots and lots of flowers. The wonderful blue dome of the chapel, so cl...
27 July 2024
Who else has seeing whales up close on their bucket list? I'm sure it's not just me :-) In this lesson we're going to paint a lovely humpback whale tail and you can choose all your favourite blues and...
13 July 2024
Right now seems to be yellow season around our place - with buttercups, cowslips, monk's cushion gorse and trefoils in abundance. I've had my eye on this field of St John's Wort for a few days now, an...
1 July 2024
It's the second birthday of my Patreon! So I thought it would be nice to start this month with a bonus lesson and you know how much I love to paint lighthouses. This painting has a lovely contrast of ...