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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a visit to cape foulwind
8 October 2020
A road trip back up to the top of the South Island took us to a visit to a friend's place on Cape Foulwind. Here is a part of the South Island we hadn't really properly explored that much before and i...
new in my sketchbooks
24 September 2020
It's been winter (of course!), so not as much outside sketching as I would like. The adventures have still been happening, but the sketchbook has often just stayed in my pack. Seems I'm not as tough a...
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...
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
31 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!