1 March 2022
My favourite subject - rustic, old buildings in rural settings. I'm always imagining the stories they could tell, if only they could speak. They're filled with character, and are so much fun to paint....
28 February 2022
I'm lucky enough to belong to 4 different painting groups now, so there's always someone to paint with. It seems to me that as an artist I have a tendency to be rather a loner. My head is full of idea...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...