Swings and Roundabouts
After last week’s slightly underwhelming effort of this scene of the old Bathhouse (and now a café) on Barmouth Beach, I was keen to put
October 18, 2016 13 Comments
My weekly watercolour blog
Some you win… some you lose…
In last week’s post I mentioned that I had a work in progress but couldn’t tell if it was progressing towards a mount, a frame
October 11, 2016 19 Comments
The Frazer Price Palette Box
A review of the Frazer Price Palette Box for watercolour artists
October 4, 2016 97 Comments
A bigger, better (?) Barmouth Beach
A few weeks ago I did a painting of Barmouth beach. In the accompanying post The beginning of something big? – I explained that it was
September 27, 2016 19 Comments
Mending the nets (or 241!)
My holiday photos from La Continiere are proving to be a rich source of reference material. As well as my recent paintings of the boats in
September 20, 2016 1 Comment
Desperately seeking the picture within a picture… or a cloud’s silver lining?
This post is intentionally brief. Partly due to pressures of time, but moreso because there’s only so much wallowing in self-pity I can indulge in!
September 13, 2016 9 Comments
Flying solo
After last week’s post, I couldn’t quite put my finger on why I felt so pleased and almost elated with my painting. For all its
September 6, 2016 15 Comments
The beginning of something big?
It’s been a slow period of settling back into normality after returning from summer holidays. It’s also been a long time since I put brush
August 30, 2016 6 Comments
The sign of a good holiday…
…is when what seemed important in the first week, no longer seems to matter in the second week. And so it was that during the
August 23, 2016 3 Comments
Je suis en vacance
I’m sure it will come as a great relief to many of you that this will be a refreshingly short post. I’ve managed to get
August 9, 2016 8 Comments
Keeping it clean to make it muddy
On my recent watercolour week with artist Steve Hall, I painted the image below at Dell Quay near Chichester: The painting didn’t do the scene
August 2, 2016 5 Comments
Picking up from where I left off
I said in First the feast then the famine that it wouldn’t be the last you saw of this view – but I didn’t expect to
July 26, 2016 7 Comments