Renee Walden
Page 1 of 5
yacht at sunrise

yacht at sunrise

12 December 2024

Lesson 100 on Patreon and Renee's Studio today! Wow. This feels rather momentous and I think maybe we'll open a bottle of bubbly tonight :-) Such a pretty scene for this one. Very calm and peaceful to...

Read more →

sardinia inspired

sardinia inspired

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...

Read more →

sardinian coastal tower

sardinian coastal tower

21 November 2024

I'm on holiday in Sardinia at the moment, enjoying swimming in the sea and sketching seascapes. All along the coast of Sardinia are these historic watch towers. They were to protect the inhabitants fr...

Read more →

venice at sunset

venice at sunset

7 November 2024

A very famous scene in this lesson - Venice at sunset. I was lucky enough to go on a solo sketching trip to Venice a few years ago and I did sketch the Grand Canal at sunset one evening. It was magica...

Read more →

mushroom season

mushroom season

24 October 2024

It's that time of year when our forest walks take forever as I have to stop at every mushroom not matter how small. There's so many different ones this year because we've had a very wet autumn and, al...

Read more →

nightscape in watercolour

nightscape in watercolour

10 October 2024

A few weeks ago I painted an imaginary nightscape in my sketchbook. It was so much fun I thought I'd like to do it again on a piece of fine art paper. I know that each time I do this kind of scene it ...

Read more →

a yellow bicycle

a yellow bicycle

3 October 2024

This week we paint a very cheerful yellow bicycle. One that has been left to end its days in the garden and in the sun. I always find these so charming! The bicycle itself is so pretty, but what reall...

Read more →

an old wooden barn

an old wooden barn

26 September 2024

Here's the type of scene I really love. So simple in composition, so you're free to have a lot of fun with the washes and textures. It's possible to paint a scene like this again and again, changing t...

Read more →