24 January 2022
Every good watercolour painting of an urban scene starts with a good drawing. In most art books you'll find a whole section explaining the theory of linear perspective, but these 'rules' can be confus...
17 January 2022
Last weekend I had 20 wonderful people from all over the world join me in painting New Zealand's highest and most iconic mountain - Aoraki / Mt Cook. We painted it from one of most gorgeous vistas wit...
9 January 2022
It's been ages since I did a step by step painting. So here's a little postcard with a view of Colin Todd Hut in Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand. I worked from a photo I took way back in Jan...
20 December 2021
It's happening! Join me this coming May for 10 days of sketching in southern France. We'll be staying at Perigord Retreats and exploring their beautiful countryside. Everything is taken care of ... ex...
26 October 2021
This weekend I'll be teaching a live, online workshop from Mallorca. We've been here a couple of weeks now and it's so beautiful. The sea is crystal clear, the villages are quaint and tiny, and there'...
21 September 2021
This Sunday I'll be painting live from the north coast of Spain and you can join me and paint along! The coast here is wild and untamed and exceptionally beautiful. I can't wait to share it with you. ...
26 August 2021
We're back in the land of good wines, croissants, lavender, and immaculate villages full of flowers. And beautiful, rugged hills where the alpine flowers are still in full bloom. So awesome to be back...
27 July 2021
It's happening! This Sunday I'll be teaching an online class, live and on location from Ainsa in the Spanish Pyrenees. I'll be painting step-by-step and you can paint along. There's plenty of time for...
11 May 2021
I couldn't be more excited!! This September I'll be guiding a 10 day painting retreat in beautiful southern France. We'll be painting and exploring gorgeous landscapes an medieval villages. And the fo...