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Winter Sun And Thawing Snow, Watercolour. I remember snowdrifts up to 10 feet deep. One April I filmed the local farmers digging out five feet of snow that had filled in the only route out of the village. I loved it and I hated it, living up there 1000 feet above sea level. I could see for 40 miles from my studio window, but that was often 40 miles of rain. When the nice weather arrived it was heaven on earth, but most of the time it was damp. Our house was on the edge of the

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 ...

Welcome to the world of painting fatigue - a blog acknowledging tiredness through creativity.

Seven great tips for painting from photographs.

Seven useful tips for developing your own compositions.

An overview and description of my mountain painting, Weather Coming In

In this blog post I share tips, encouragement and personal experience for navigating your way towards forming your own painting style.

Do one thing to improve your values in your paintings

Three important considerations for pushing your watercolours to another level.

A blog post about using and mixing tone in the context of a painting.

Orange, Pisa. Acrylic on paper 19 x 28cm approx In this #painting I wanted to pull the #design together through the use of strong connected #colour. The car and background building were already similar in hue, so I didn't have much to do in terms of alteration, but it's a good example of being switched on for #composition when out and about. We were actually dragging large suitcases across the rattling streets of #Pisa, when I noticed the colour of the car echoing the colour

If you’re new to painting or maybe you don’t paint at all but love #art, you might be intrigued to know how artists create their work. If you already paint you will no doubt be eager to read on and maybe pick up a few tips. "Often my subjects are captured from places and angles that you wouldn’t be able to erect an easel". What Makes A Painting? Composition is the arrangement of shapes and elements that form a harmonious assembly. It begins with shapes but there is far mor

Consider your use of edges whenever you start to paint.

How to begin painting, what medium to choose and what is involved.