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 :-)
out and about Clear tags
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 :-)
three weeks in serra de montsant
16 May 2019
So good to be back in Spain! Our first 3 weeks we spent in the Serra de Monstant - starting back exactly where we left off last October. This region is fantastic for climbing and hiking and, as a resu...
the hills are alive...
29 December 2018
The hills are alive with the sound of a pen scratching on paper! Here are some photos from December of hiking and sketching trips into Mount Aspiring National Park which is just around the corner from...
photos from last weekend's workshop
11 December 2018
This last weekend I ran my first workshop! And I'm happy to report I have 5 new converts to the magic of painting outside. Day 1 was spent at 2 different locations at Glendhu Bay on Lake Wanaka. We di...
old Bedford truck
29 November 2018
Gone to pasture at the Wanaka Cemetery, this old truck has been my muse before. Last time I sketched it from the front, with it's wonderful grill, rusty bonnet and broken front bumper. But this time I...
weekend watercolour painting workshop - 8 & 9 December
15 November 2018
The Magic of Painting & Sketching Outside. 8 & 9 December 2018 (8am to 3pm) $300pp, max 5 people. Location : Wanaka, New Zealand. I have had a number of people asking if I will be running painting cla...
shop update
7 November 2018
6 months in Spain and France just flew by. I sketched and painted more than ever filling 2 and half sketchbooks and 12 big A3 sheets and 4 smaller A4 sheets. Painting as large as A3 on location was a ...