I recently finished a commission that I’d started work on some time ago. I was contacted by someone who had come across my work online, really liked it, and was keen to commission a painting for his wife following the birth of their son. There followed lots of to-ing and fro-ing while we established which …
Since last week’s post I’ve been a bit under the weather in more ways than one (and that’s before you include the decidedly unseasonal English summer!) The main think that burdened me was one of those pesky colds that leaves you feeling completely sapped of energy and totally listless. I spent most of the weekend …
I painted this view recently from a reference photo that I’ve had in my collection since 2011! It was taken on a camera rather than on a phone and there’s no GPS location tagging of any sort. As best as I can remember, this was taken the in the July of the year that our …
Does anybody recognise town in Normandy, France? Read More »
First up this week is a new city scene watercolour painting from my home town of Brighton! Considering how long I’ve lived in Brighton, which on and off is probably around 25 or 26 years out of the past 38 years, it’s inspired very few of my paintings. I think this could be to do …
As I wrote this title out I realised that it would actually make a good title for a plein air painting post! Sadly, on this occasion, it’s because my traditional end-of-year cold just couldn’t wait any longer. As a result, I’ve been laid up with a horrible head cold and various associated aches and pains. …
Well, I don’t know about anyone else but I’m suddenly feeling quite overcome with festive pressure! It’s not even the end of the first week in December yet but I’m already feeling quite anxious about all the things that I’m probably not going to get done before I break for Christmas! All of this is …
The image below is one that I painted back in 2020. Looking back at the post now, I see that it was written during Covid, just as Italy had ordered the closure of all its cafes, bars and social spaces. It seems hard to imagine now but, just looking back at that post does bring …
Trattoria Centro Rampini, mantua – Two Watercolours, two years apart. Read More »
This new watercolour painting of a London street scene came about after a wonderful family day out that we had recently. The weather was beautiful and we’d been treated with tickets to see My Fair Lady at The London Coliseum, which may be more familiar to some as the home of English National Opera. It …
New Watercolour painting of a london street scene Read More »
It’s been one of those weeks at the easel where everything I’ve painted has felt like quite a struggle! This is half-sheet of a Parisien street scene is probably the best of my efforts. Even though it has some okay touches to it, it was still excessively heavy going! In fact, this week was the …
You may recall this watercolour painting of London’s Picadilly Circus from a few weeks ago: Well, I so enjoyed painting this, and how it turned out, that I thought I’d do another painting based on a similar view. I’d been fortunate to happen across this view at just the right time of day to capture …
My Latest Picadilly Circus watercolour painting, this time by bike! Read More »
