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 was delighted to receive notification from the International Watercolour Masters that I’ve made it through the first round of their judging. Apparently, they received 2755 entries from 105 countries, but as people were allowed to submit up to five paintings, I’m not clear as to whether the 2755 is individuals, or the number of …
International Watercolour Masters – first round of judging Read More »
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 …
Saturday saw the August meet-up of the Brighton Painting Group. I do love these days. It’s great just to spend the time painting, but to be doing it plein-air, and in the company of others, we’ll it’s always such a treat! Or so I thought! On this occasion, I just couldn’t settle on a subject. …
I don’t know about others but for me, time seems to be in particularly short supply at the moment! Painting wise, it’s been all I could do this week just to have one more go at the demonstration painting and a piece of homework from my ‘Using green in watercolour’ course with Paul Talbot-Greaves. Here’s …
my ongoing adventures with ‘Summer greens’ in watercolour Read More »
The other week I was trimming all the bent edges off my paintings that are left by the Ken Bromley paper stretchers I use. This wasn’t in preparation for mounting them as I haven’t really done any paintings that I’m especially proud of recently. It was more a case of just having a tidy up …
Here’s the painting that I shared last week that I submitted for a critique from Paul Talbot Greaves for my ‘Using greens in watercolour’ course. This was the third of my attempts at this scene and I thought it might be helpful for others to get a flavour of the type of feedback and comments …
I hope that everyone was able to enjoy a happy and safe New Year and that you’ve been able to start 2022 with a spring in your step! As is so often the case, I find myself starting the new year still tidying up a lot of loose ends from the previous year! I’m still …
