Urban Sketching For Beginners Drawing Course – New Course!
Morning Class! This new Urban Sketching for Beginners Course, reveals how observing everyday life can give an eye-opening appreciation for the towns and cities that we live in. You don’t need to drive...
View ArticleSketching the Light and Landscape in Venice
“I’m not getting on.” “You have to get on.” “I don’t, I’m not going.” 5 minutes earlier, you could have mistaken us for locals, idly chatting to a friendly looking Italian who had informed us we needed...
View ArticleInspiration, Impressionism and the Power of Environment
I’d travelled through the Cotswolds many times before, captivated by the golden glow of the honey-coloured stone buildings, that just seemed to lend themselves to being painted. The earthy tones of...
View ArticleDiscovering Zorn, the Petit Palais & Patisseries in Paris
We arrived in Paris to catch the last few days of a retrospective exhibition of the Swedish painter Anders Zorn (1860-1920) After a snowy week in England, we woke to blue skies, warm croissants and...
View ArticleSketching Art Materials with Pen & Wash
Morning class! This week I’ve been putting together a new ‘Beginners Guide’ for the Art School and wanted to add a few little material sketches. For all the sketches I used the following pens on 220...
View ArticlePen & Ink Still Life Illustrations
This week I’ve been working on the last stages of my new beginner’s acrylic project book and wanted to add some pen and ink illustrations of materials & still life setups. For all the sketches I...
View ArticleUrban Sketch for Beginners – Ink & Watercolour Garden Sketch
Morning class, this week I’ve been in Corsica exploring the North Coast of the Island. Sketching your surroundings can be such a fantastic way to create a visual diary of your travel experiences, so...
View ArticleStudio Notes // 002: The Art of Possibility, Platon & Doodling like Picasso
Every few weeks, I share my top art inspirations that I’ve read, experimented with or listened to. Here’s this weeks edition of things I enjoyed when I should have been at the easel, with the hope they...
View ArticleNew Horizons and Coastlines to Explore with an Art Studio move to the Sea!
Godrevy Lighthouse, St Ives Bay A few weeks ago, on the first wave of lockdown easing, we had a chance to explore and meet some of our new neighbours. They had grey fur, hidden ears, and love fish....
View ArticleHow to Create Strong Painting Compositions using ‘Notan’ Design
‘The combination of lights and darks especially as used in Japanese art : the design or pattern of a work of art as seen in flat areas of dark and light values only.’- Webster Dictionary Out for a...
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