early morning walks
14 May 2025
Last spring on an early morning walk in the hills, when I was all alone and could stop as many times as I liked to smell the flowers. Not exactly alone, really, because there were lots of birds and be...
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painting holiday in France, 2026
29 April 2025
Exciting news! My 2026 painting retreat in France is now open for bookings. This year’s retreat filled up quickly, and I expect 2026 to be no different. If you’ve ever dreamed of sketching in the ...
painting holidays in europe 2025
27 February 2025
From the moment I picked up a brush 25 years ago, I knew I wanted to paint outdoors. There’s something about slowing down, sketching on location, and capturing the stories of my travels, that makes ...
sardinia seascape - free step by step tutorial
7 December 2024
Paint along with me! I've created a free step by step tutorial of this scene from the east coast of the beautiful granite rock formations that are typical here. Fill in your details on this sign up fo...
sardinia inspired
30 November 2024
For almost a month we've been keeping winter at bay a little on the beautiful island of Sardinia. It's our 4th visit to this little piece of paradise and so we've been revisiting some of our favourite...
watercolour over coloured pencils
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 ...
old ruin near home
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...
painting holiday in portugal - september 2025
26 July 2024
My retreat in France for next year is now fully booked, so now I'm excited to announce a new painting holiday in Portugal. 5 wonderful days in the charming Monsaraz region. The village of Monsaraz is ...
hiking to see the mountain irises
23 July 2024
The mountain irises are flowering at the moment and there are hundreds. Definitely worth the hike!