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...
10 September 2024
One way I enjoy adding marks and texture to my watercolours is by adding salt into the wet wash. I don't use anything fancy, normal table salt works well. Using salt to add blooms and sparkles in wate...
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...
10 August 2024
On Patreon I just created a Rustic Buildings Series. This group of watercolour tutorials takes you right through from the beginning with skills lessons, then 2 intermediate lessons, an advanced one an...
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...