En Plein Air

En Plein Air

Reading Time: 3 minutesI have finally manage to do something I have been meaning to do for a while, and actually get out and do some painting outdoors, or “En Plein Air” as they like to call it. I recently made a pocket set – a literally pocket 

Oil Painting

Oil Painting

Reading Time: 2 minutesI am not sure why I have not got around to writing about these for such a while, but I have been starting to play about with oil paints as a bit of an additional exploration. This is something I am very much finding my 

Small Florals

Small Florals

Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been playing around again with the thing that led to my resurgence in watercolour – You will recall a couple of years ago I purchased a small Cotman Florals Pocket Set – working with the simple method of small dots of paint which 

Trees on Foraged Grounds

Trees on Foraged Grounds

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I have mentioned, when making watercolours there’s always some left over in the mortar and I like to use this to prepare grounds for future work. These are some recent earths, on the poundland paper which I use for cheap expreimenting. These were inspired 

Watercolour Sketches

Watercolour Sketches

Reading Time: 2 minutesTypically, after 2 weeks of leave full of rain and general rubbish weather, the sun decided to shine on the last day before I go back to work. I decided to sit on the doorstep and do a bit of painting. These are all quick