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...
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...
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 pa...
27 February 2025
From the moment I picked up a brush 25 years ago, I knew I wanted to paint outdoors. There’s something about slowing down, sketching on location, and capturing the stories of my travels, that makes ...
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...
30 November 2024
For almost a month we've been keeping winter at bay a little on the beautiful island of Sardinia. It's our 4th visit to this little piece of paradise and so we've been revisiting some of our favourite...