17 September 2024
This is one of the 'what if...' experiments I've been doing lately. As an artist I do them all the time. This one is ... what if I do a coloured pencil drawing and then add watercolour on top? You're ...
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 ...
20 November 2022
Christmas is coming! Did I just say that?! I thought it would be fun to paint some super quick Christmas cards. Each one you do will be a little different and there's lots of fun to be had with experi...
3 December 2019
Fantastic Saturday with 8 lovely students learning to paint birds in watercolour, ink and collage. In the morning we all painted my favourite bird, the Piwakawaka. In the afternoon students chose thei...
14 November 2019
In this one day workshop we'll combine watercolour with collage, ink and other fun media to create one-of-a-kind bird paintings. In the morning we'll work on a painting together, with me guiding you s...
4 December 2018
It's that time of year again. 20% off all artwork until 24 December 2018. Includes abstracts, watercolours and portraits. Also includes all artwork I add to my shop before December 24! Go on! Buy your...
19 February 2018
After all the little ones from the last week, I just had to share this big beauty. This bold painting was commissioned by a couple of lovely friends of mine. They are building a new home and said they...
24 January 2018
David and I have added frames to a number of my abstract landscape pieces painted on wood and canvas board. These are hidden frames, situated behind the painting, so they float 2cm away from the wall....
5 January 2018
In the last month I have been including trees in my abstract landscapes again. The one above is my latest one, finished just a couple of days ago. While I was painting it I was thinking back on all th...