a barn in a field of dandelions
2 March 2023
Here's one of the happiest paintings I've done in a while! A barn in a field of dandelions. I just want to run through and set them all off :-) There are a lot of wonderful parts to this painting - bi...
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atmospheric landscapes with the hawaii watercolor society
2 February 2023
A super fun weekend painting with 15 members of the Hawaii Watercolor Society via Zoom. Our theme was "Atmospheric Landscapes" and I chose 2 scenes - a storm with a lovely stone and wooden barn, and a...
paint a historic coastal tower in sardinia
26 January 2023
All along the coast of Sardinia are these wonderful coastal towers. Every one is a little different and they're always in a spectacular position. Dating from around 1570 onwards, a series of coastal t...
an abandoned railway station in sardinia
12 January 2023
High in the hills of Sardinia we came across this abandoned railway station. It's pink! My favourite colour :-) All sorts of interesting parts to this sketch - one and two point perspective, winter tr...
paint a snowy landscape in just 2 colours
5 January 2023
Beautiful greys and a very limited palette are the focus of this lesson. We'll use just two colours (a blue and a brown) to mix a range of greys to paint a little cabin in the snow. You can choose you...
new online workshop - atmospheric landscapes
4 January 2023
Join me and The Hawaii Watercolor Society in this workshop focused on "Atmospheric Landscapes in Pen and Watercolour." Together we will be painting two different scenes with a focus on giving your pai...
rustic barn in an autumny Pineta Valley
1 December 2022
We're back to the beautiful Pineta Valley in the Spanish Pyrenees for this autumn scene. A big stone barn nestled in a row of autumn trees, with the mountains and forest in the distance. In front are ...
distant trees and forests in pen and watercolour
10 November 2022
In this new skills lesson on Patreon we paint a distant conifer forest and a distant orchard. Then we put those skills together in a little autumn scene. This lesson is a compliment to the "Mixing gre...
autumn in the spanish pyrenees
1 November 2022
Join me sketching outside in the beautiful Pineta Valley. I spotted this huge autumn tree dwarfing a lovely little barn right outside the national park of Ordesa y Monte Perdido. I knew immediately I'...