Oh I've enjoyed this one!! And all because of the work the students produced......it was real joy to watch as I could actually see them ...

So have I done enough? Practice that is!! I have been doing a few studies of more fur and feathered babies over the last couple of days so...

You can imagine my surprise when I was in Lytham, puppy walking along the beach and I got an e-mail from the SAA inviting me to attend their...

Having got all 3 of Jean's books and reviewed Atmospheric Watercolours here , and the follow up here I took a different approach with t...

And no before you start thinking food (even though that is truly my other passion next to painting) this isn't about what I'm having...

As many of you will know I tutor to art groups in the area and am more than happy to travel further afield if invited. At the moment the fur...

The second "proper" workshop (the first two were at my own group and where I cut my "teeth" so to speak!!!) I ever did w...

Well just after actually.....it was my blog's 3rd birthday on the 30th March but I have had a lot going on not to mention my son and his...

I have learned from a number of artists ( Jean Haines being one) to paint in the seasons and this post embraces just that .... Our garden ...

I have been using my new camera more and more as we walk in the Pennines and am finally getting a few images together that I am inclined to ...