Artists Blog

On 1st February I will be sailing on the Fred Olsen Borealis to teach the art classes. I cant wait to share the joy of learning water...

A fabulous voyage north up to Alesund, Tromso, Alta, Sortland and Bergan A selection of photos from my trip and if you would like to see...

A smashing time at Penn arts society where students created these paintings of my Japanese tree peony in its autumn colours. They tried...

The Floral Artists Society based in Leicester produced these fabulous paintings in the workshop held on Saturday 9th November.

On a very rainy gloomy day we had a lovely four hours in a warm cosy studio with daylight over head lighting. Plenty of hot drinks and...

The Leisure Painter has published my step by step article in their August edition out now here is how its turned out! Get this copy and...

Great results from a half day workshop at Ten 2 Gallery Hinckley LE10 1DD. Shown here are the tools, materials and aids for the lesson...

A super four hours created this excellent painting of Wisteria with Chinese brushes. Alan had the opportunity of one to one tuition with...

In the Monday afternoon Master class students were encouraged to draw what ever they fancied in oil pastel on Bockingford Not(rough)...

A Sunday workshop that was supposed to be a European canal scene but after a chat with these ladies we all decided for me to fill these 4...

Water colour classes at the Ten 2 Gallery Hinckley Leics . Students have done very well with this project as it takes some testing and...

Three beautiful Snap dragons that Arthur has grown. Who could resist painting these gorgeous colours. Starting with a pure lemon yellow...

Coffee Coloured Cafe Culture. A view of customers at the Ten 2 Cafe in Hinckley Leics. These photos show testing the salt and various...

A super day spent with Brownsover Art group. A step by step work shop where students learnt my technique of working with ink, wax and...

Beautiful blossom. This step by step lesson shows how cropping your work can make a big difference. Photo of blossom Drawing of blossom...

A very happy customer for these commissions of Lavender and Macky. All executed in my unique style of ink, wax and watercolour.

I think I'm addicted to these beautiful flowers and I may be under an enchanted spell of the Hellebore! 1st drawing in water colour...

Here are the lively interesting paintings from the latest Master Class This was a simple quick exercise where I had the seal heads...

Every year my Hellebores just delight me and I just have to paint their portrait. Starting with a water colour pencil I draw the...

Here are the students super results from this water colour workshop held on Sunday 25th February 2024. The selection of arctic animals...