painting a swan in watercolour
8 September 2025
Watercolour tutorial — how to paint a swan and its reflection (step-by-step) A graceful white swan, softly lit and mirrored in still water — this step-by-step watercolour tutorial shows how to pai...
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watercolour seal
4 February 2025
Such a wonderful content pose. I couldn't resist painting this bliss ;-) I really enjoy sketching animals. It's so much about observation, right from the pencil drawing through to the brush strokes. A...
a bumblebee
22 August 2024
A super, super cute fluffy bumblebee. What's not to love?! The focus here is on the bee itself, with all the other elements in the scene soft and blurry. We have fun with painting the bright colours a...
watercolour whale
27 July 2024
Who else has seeing whales up close on their bucket list? I'm sure it's not just me :-) In this lesson we're going to paint a lovely humpback whale tail and you can choose all your favourite blues and...
white egret
22 February 2024
It's feeling rather spring like here in the Pyrenees, although I think it's only a short spell before winter returns again. I hope the birds know this, because they're wide awake already and the other...
negative painting in practise
17 January 2024
Hi everyone, After last week's lesson where we painted the abstract goldfish using the negative painting technique, I thought it might be a good idea to follow up with a quick post showing other ways ...
abstract goldfish by negative painting
11 January 2024
Near my house there's an historic lavadero - an very old laundry area and a natural spring. The big, old wash tub is now a beautiful pond under some huge plane trees. Someone put some goldfish in the ...
paint a zebra in watercolour
24 August 2023
By the time you watch this video I will be in South Africa visiting my parents and we'll be in the Kruger National Park, hopefully seeing zebras in the flesh. Of course I'll have my sketchbook with me...
a butterfly on a cosmos flower
2 February 2023
I must be ready for spring! This week on Patreon we paint a butterfly on a cosmos flower - a perfect lesson for my students in the southern hemisphere who are in the height of summer at the moment and...