A year in the life of an artist

12 years of Christmas paintings

Painting a coloured pebbles or stones - easy level

Painting a Pig in Watercolour - easy level

Painting a painting in Watercolour - easy level

Tulips lasting forever

Renewing your palette choices

Having a good reference image is valued but having great one is treasured.

Saving the whites of the Paper and seeing the difference in standard and hi white

Keep on track of getting the white and black stripes in the right place

My process in creating a floral work of Black Tulip Magnolia

Painting from life adds so much to the journey of a painting. Of course it is not always possible and so we do need a good collection of reference material.

Understanding colour mixing in watercolour is so important if fresh bright and clean colours are wanted.

Having just purchased a few new pigments from Holbein I was keen to test them in a painting.

Not all floral paintings need to be pretty. By choosing to paint Artichokes it allows the use of darker colours and plenty of texture.

Mixing fresh secondary colour Purple