spring has sprung
21 October 2020
It's that time of year when flowers just can't be ignored! They're popping up everywhere and are so welcome after the bleakness of winter. They taunt me to come look everyday to see if I can see somet...
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flower painting workshop
22 September 2020
What a fantastic day - painting flowers in pen and watercolour with 8 lovely folks :-) In the morning we painted two small paintings (a Californian poppy and a coneflower). I showed students how I app...
painting flowers in watercolour and ink : class photos
16 January 2020
Another fantastic Saturday with 7 lovely folks painting flowers. We spent the morning learning a bit of watercolour theory - how to apply washes, wet on dry vs wet on wet, mark making, transparent vs ...
painting workshop : flowers in watercolour & ink
6 December 2019
This workshop is FULL. Drop me a message if you would like to be added to the waiting list.
painting an iris in watercolour - step by step
2 November 2019
Spring has sprung in New Zealand and these beautiful Dutch Irises are putting on a wonderful show in my garden at the moment. Of course I needed to get my paints out before they fade as the weather ge...
just another mushroom
22 March 2018
I'd been visiting this mushroom everyday from when I first spotted it just peeping out of the ground. Each day it was just a little bigger, and a little more perfect. One evening David and I decided t...
it's a spring thing
25 November 2016
Back home in beautiful Central Otago, we've been having the most lush Spring I can ever remember. No art this time, just photos :-) Meanwhile, in the studio, I'm continuing with my New Zealand bird se...
five weeks in Spain - part 2 - flowers
23 June 2016
We have visited Spain and Catalunya for rock climbing many, many times - in fact we've lost count! We've always visited either in autumn or winter. This year, the rain in France drove us south in spri...