25 February 2022
We've had a change of date for this year's French painting retreat. We're now going from 28 June to 7 July - summertime :-) There are only 3 spots left! For more information please visit this page and...
9 February 2022
One of the fun things about sketching outdoors in sketchbooks is documenting the same place again and again. Sometimes I can go back to older sketchbooks to see the same scene in a different season or...
3 February 2022
Visiting the Bannockburn Sluicings is such a treat. Especially a visit up to old Stewart Town, because you know how much I love old stone buildings. I was up there recently with a couple of sketching ...
30 January 2022
We've had a lovely start to the year with absolutely gorgeous weather - sunny days and no wind. Perfect for local outings with my sketchbook and sketching buddies. Here's a few snaps from January. All...
30 December 2021
I did my first ever podcast with the lovely Jhesy from Etchr Lab. In this interview I talk my head off about.. my artistic journey my first creative endeavours why determination pays off more than hav...
22 November 2021
When I first started travel sketching in Europe back in 2007, I filled a book full of snippets, memories, stories and pasted in notes that documented all sorts of things from our 3 month trip through ...
19 July 2021
It's a topsy turvy world right now and for lots of folk it seems crazy that we'd want to travel halfway across the world. But, wow! It's so good to be back in Spain, enjoying the start of summer, catc...
10 June 2021
Autumn changing into winter - such a lovely time of year to capture on paper. Of course, the shorter days which are always pretty damp and can sometimes actually be freezing make for challenging condi...
22 March 2021
Join me live this April 10, 2021 at 5pm EDT (April 11, 9am NZT) for a mini workshop with Etchr. I'll be giving lots of tips and tricks on how to give your paintings a lovely sense of depth and we'll b...