Oh the joy…
After reaching some kind of satisfactory conclusion to my mum’s birthday present dilemma, I felt a tremendous sense of unburdened freedom as I sought out
April 26, 2016 4 Comments
My weekly watercolour blog
A happy(ish) ending
After lasts week’s rather torturous post of woe and disappointment – I’m keen to keep this week’s follow up as brief and upbeat as possible.
April 19, 2016 20 Comments
If at first you don’t succeed…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again. So the saying goes. I can’t decide whether the originator of this simply cracked
April 12, 2016 14 Comments
Where to begin with so many firsts?
With so many ‘firsts’ to relate – I’m not entirely sure where to begin. I feel I should probably begin with an apology (certainly not
April 5, 2016 23 Comments
My own barometer of success
I’m really beginning to get into the swing of taking an oil painting and interpreting it in watercolour – and I hope my enjoyment shows
March 29, 2016 13 Comments
Sometimes the hare does win…
Feeling emboldened by last week’s ‘oil into water’ effort, I was keen to seek out another Seago oil painting that I might translate into watercolour.
March 22, 2016 24 Comments
Oil into Water
As I was perusing my Edward Seago bible for my next exercise, my partner said “why don’t you let me choose something?” Quite naturally in
March 15, 2016 10 Comments
Is it Christmas yet?
Some parts of the UK had snow towards the end of last week and into the weekend, so the weather was obviously on my mind
March 8, 2016 13 Comments
Is that tarmac I see?
And not just tarmac. But some buildings too. And some telegraph poles. It’s practically a cityscape! In a very tentative nod to the real world,
March 1, 2016 No Comments
Another ‘big tree’ landscape
After last week’s more involved post of existential angst… here’s something short and – if not sweet – then at least simple. It’s based on
February 23, 2016 2 Comments
Let it go, let it go
After I’ve completed a painting or sketch it normally gets left up on a little picture shelf in my front room, alongside whatever creations my
February 16, 2016 13 Comments
‘Recording Britain’ V&A exhibition at The Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
I recently received an invitation to the opening of the ‘Recording Britain’ exhibition at the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne (4th February to 2nd May)
February 9, 2016 No Comments