Piccadilly Nocturne
I’ve been doing lots of sketching and painting since the New Year, so have quite a lot to organise and get online. In the meantime, here’s another gouache practise sketch that I painted a few weeks ago from a sketch…
Experiments with Watercolour
Although my output over the last few months has been pretty sparse (to say the least), I have been thinking a lot about different mediums and more experimentation. With this in mind I bought a starter set of watercolours and…
Pintar Rapido, Chelsea 2013
This is a rather belated post about Pintar Rapido, a plein air art event that I took part in last weekend. You can read about it in more detail on the accompanying website. In a nutshell though, any artist interested…
Slad Valley, Laurie Lee Country
I have been wanting to paint some of the stunning views across the Slad Valley in Gloucestershire for some time. This is my first attempt. Famous as Laurie Lee country, and the setting for his novel ‘Cider With Rosie’, Slad…
Eastleach, early evening
This is a painting of firsts… starting with the amazing weather. We’ve waited a long time for summer, and it was a joy to be out painting this evening. My order of gessoed plywood boards from Zecchi arrived this morning…