a month in golden bay
19 July 2020
So we were meant to have a little escape from our frosty home down south. A couple of weeks at the top of the South Island, to warm our souls. Turns out it was hard to tear ourselves away after a mont...
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painting an autumn mushroom
21 April 2020
Follow me as I paint some pretty, red Amanita muscaria mushrooms in my sketchbook. If you have any questions, please pop them in the comments below. And if you do paint a mushroom, I'd love to see the...
big vistas
30 January 2020
Of course us lucky folk who live near the Southern Alps in New Zealand have the most wonderful big vistas at almost every turn of the road, or, for many, from the lounge window. Since the beginning of...
old gold mining history
5 January 2020
Over the last little while I've been exploring some of our local gold mining history of Central Otago. The remains of the old settlements from a completely different era really capture my imagination....
pyrenees lookout : painting video
3 December 2019
One of our favourite picnic spots in the Pyrenees painted here with a stormy sky. Music "Remember" by David Walden. Materials... Lamy Safari fountain pen. EF nib. DeAtramentis Document Ink. Paper - Fa...
painting an old church door in watercolour
9 November 2019
Here I am finishing a sketch I did of a beautiful old church door in the tiny village of Genat in the French Pyrenees. Enjoy!
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 :-)
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 :-)