A place for the things I’m interested in and/or influenced by that don’t fit anywhere else
I found myself floundering a little for inspiration so decided to try to make the best use of my time with some focussed back to watercolour school study time! As many of you will know, I’m a great admirer of Paul Talbot-Greaves and a few years ago did a course that he ran on ‘greens …
Opportunities for painting have been thin on the ground of late as I’ve had to make a few strictly ‘non-painting’ trips away! Here though are a few little diversions that I’ve enjoyed of late! After all the various paintings of trees that I’ve been working on recently, I knew that I was keen for a …
I’m still clinging on to the rest, relaxation and recuperation that last weeks’ camping trip delivered! I love my camping – as many will know – but this trip surpassed my expectations – partly because we booked it so late and I was assuming the campsite would be overflowing! Here’s the view we had from …
I’m just this minute back from another little camping holiday with the family so don’t have any ‘significant’ paintings to share, but here are some recent pages from my A5 sketchbook: I think this might be one of my first ever paintings that features one of Brighton’s most recognisable landmarks, the ever crumbling skeleton of …
I hope that everyone had a lovely time over Easter. If anyone needed a reminder of the impact of the rises to the cost of living affecting so many people, I recall that this time last year we managed about a week away in Barcelona. This year, by contrast, a few days away camping was …
I’m so enjoying my sketchbook work that I can’t quite seem to tear myself away from it! So far, I’ve been painting on both sides of every page in this sketchbook, and have only just passed the halfway mark in it! I’ve been immensely flattered by requests to buy some of these sketches so I’m …
I’m pleased to report that my recovery from being laid up with back pain continues apace, to the extent that I’ve now been able to return to work. This is great news, though I’m still having to be extra careful and am spending most of my days standing at my desk rather than sitting at …
I’m so pleased to report that since last week, my back seems to be recovering in leaps and bounds. Sadly, this analogy is purely symbolic; I fear that actual leaps and bounds may still be some way off! This post is, I’m afraid, a straightforward sequel to last week’s series of sickbed sketches – although …
Well. So much for all the ‘Hopefully by the the time you read this I’ll be on holiday’ that I expressed last week! Unfortunately, the back pain that I was suffering from last week took a drastic turn for the worse, rendering me bed bound for most of the past week. I had hoped that …
See what happens when I try to paint without any preliminary pencil work!
