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Beyond The Ruins, Watercolour on paper now available as a fine art print. The route here lies on a line from Colne and Lancashire in one direction and Haworth and the Bronte Moors in another. It was a freezing cold day, but a sunny one, and I was out looking for subject material to paint and exploring the ruins of Sunny Bank. One of my favourite places is out in the hills above Hebden Bridge, a market town set deep in the Calder Valley of West Yorkshire. Hebden Bridge is a ha

Using charcoal to gradually sculpt a realistic portrait.

In this short blog I aim to share the highs and lows of painter’s block and highlight some ways of shaking off the #blues and getting back t

This is a typical example of how I achieve my compositions. The radar is always switched on for combinations of design elements, such as ...