In my blog posts I share my process, tips and techniques and lots of inspiration for other watercolourists
Easy level - Paint This Little Piggy
11 Sep 2024
Painting a Pig in Watercolour - easy level
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Easy level - Paint a Panda
9 Sep 2024
Painting a painting in Watercolour - easy level
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The Diva
26 Aug 2024
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The Year of 2023
31 Dec 2023
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Intuitive Poppies
3 Oct 2023
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Forever Tulips
4 Jul 2023
Tulips lasting forever
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It's Time
14 Apr 2023
Renewing your palette choices
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Hibiscus
13 Mar 2023
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Anemone and the Bee
30 Jan 2023
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Magnolia - Little Gems
2 Jan 2023
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The Year of 2022
31 Dec 2022
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Gladioli
17 Dec 2022
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Liquid Charcoal
15 Dec 2022
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Mixed Bunch
5 Dec 2022
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Resource Treasures
29 Nov 2022
Having a good reference image is valued but having great one is treasured.
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White Lily
20 Nov 2022
Saving the whites of the Paper and seeing the difference in standard and hi white
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Dahlia
19 Oct 2022
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Painting Zebra
7 Oct 2022
Keep on track of getting the white and black stripes in the right place
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Black Tulip Magnolia
30 Sep 2022
My process in creating a floral work of Black Tulip Magnolia
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Painting from Life
5 Aug 2022
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.
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Mixing Oranges
24 Jul 2022
Understanding colour mixing in watercolour is so important if fresh bright and clean colours are wanted.
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Playtime with Bertie
14 Jul 2022
Having just purchased a few new pigments from Holbein I was keen to test them in a painting.
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Using a Palette Knife
11 Jul 2022
Not all floral paintings need to be pretty. By choosing to paint Artichokes it allows the use of darker colours and plenty of texture.
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Mixing Purples
9 Jul 2022
Mixing fresh secondary colour Purple
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Tulips
3 Jul 2022
wet into wet and wet on dry watercolour techniques
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Colour Mixing
26 Jun 2022
With fewer tubes of pigment and learning everything about them will help your paintings work
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Painting Hollyhocks
19 Jun 2022
Lucious Darks to paint Hollyhocks
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Making the Final Tweaks
8 Jun 2022
There are always a few final tweaks needed when painting