taking my sketchbook for a walk
25 June 2019
Spring! Pyrenees! The hills are alive with the sounds of pens scratching on paper and the swish of a brush in water :-)
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santa maria de badain - step by step
29 May 2019
It's been a while since I interrupted by sketching to take some step by step photos! Long overdue, some would say, as I've been getting a lot of messages and comments asking me about the order I do th...
there's snow on the pyrenees
27 May 2019
Plenty of snow still on the Pyrenees. Yay! Always so lovely to see the snowy hills against a blue spring sky and fresh spring greens. Good to be back :-)
three weeks in serra de montsant
16 May 2019
So good to be back in Spain! Our first 3 weeks we spent in the Serra de Monstant - starting back exactly where we left off last October. This region is fantastic for climbing and hiking and, as a resu...
a special commission
29 March 2019
All commissions are special. You get to work closely with someone to create something unique that marries your vision with theirs. But this one was extra special. Lexi, David and I climbed Mount Aspir...
painting mt aspiring - step by step
13 February 2019
I thought you might be interested in seeing some step by step photos of my latest New Zealand mountain landscape - Tititea / Mount Aspiring from Bevan Col. The painting is from a photograph I took of ...
upcoming exhibition
20 January 2019
The Wanaka Painters' Group and the Wanaka Printmakers' Group are combining forces for an exhibition next weekend. We're all very excited! I've been framing, labelling and painting last minute pieces t...
the hills are alive...
29 December 2018
The hills are alive with the sound of a pen scratching on paper! Here are some photos from December of hiking and sketching trips into Mount Aspiring National Park which is just around the corner from...
photos from last weekend's workshop
11 December 2018
This last weekend I ran my first workshop! And I'm happy to report I have 5 new converts to the magic of painting outside. Day 1 was spent at 2 different locations at Glendhu Bay on Lake Wanaka. We di...