22 December 2025
A classic winter subject. Deck the halls 😊 This week’s painting is a sprig of holly dusted with a light touch of snow — a classic Christmas subject that feels both festive and timeless. Holly i...
12 December 2025
A festive collection from the patreon archives. With the holiday season approaching, I’ve created a Christmas-themed collection on Patreon, bringing together some of my favourite festive tutorials f...
5 December 2025
December already… yikes! But that also means it’s officially acceptable to bring a little winter magic into the studio. For this week’s watercolour tutorial, we’re painting our very first snow...
20 November 2025
Usually I mix my colours.... Most of the time, I mix my own colours. It’s a wonderfully meditative part of the painting process and one I genuinely enjoy. Mixing gives me control, but also a sense o...
11 November 2025
Last month I spent a week teaching a small group in Tuscany, and the landscape was nothing short of magical. Autumn had arrived in full colour—the brightest ochres, russets, and deep greens I’ve e...
3 November 2025
How to paint sunlit shutters, geraniums, with beautiful cast shadows in watercolour. Behind the scenes of this month’s Patreon video lesson When traveling I'm always taking photos of windows and doo...
11 October 2025
Watercolour Tutorial — painting an autumn storm. Autumn often brings dramatic thunderstorms where I live — the other night, we had a spectacular one with lightning flashing several times a second ...
15 September 2025
We spent our summer holidays in the French Alps this year. A whole month of catching up with friends, hiking, exploring pretty towns, flying for David and sketching outdoors for me. You probably know ...
15 September 2025
🍂 Watercolour Tutorial: Painting Autumn Mushrooms 🍂. It’s mushroom season, and I couldn’t be happier! These delicate fungi are known as beautiful bonnet mushrooms — though honestly, they d...