Unusual Perspectives and Portraits
It is not a usual perspective for a portrait to [...]
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11, 2016
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10, 2016
Pastel Painting
Using pastels is great fun, a tactile messy medium. But [...]
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09, 2016
Painting Peeling Wood with Watercolours 29th September 2016
Peeling paint presents a set of abstract shapes, rather similar [...]
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09, 2016
Painting Rust in Watercolours, 26th September 2016
Painting rusty objects in watercolours involves four particular techniques:- wet [...]
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09, 2016
Portraits Workshop, Friday September 2nd 2016
I had chosen three subjects, and three specific types of [...]
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08, 2016
Shoebury Beach Huts and Shadows
The above painting was one from the selection we painted [...]
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08, 2016
Ardleigh House Summer Day Workshop August 19th 2016
This was the second of the workshops that I tutored [...]
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08, 2016
Queen’s Theatre Exhibition, 22nd August to 4th September 2016
We are displaying our work in the Café area of [...]
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08, 2016
Raphael Park Sketching Afternoon Tuesday 16th August 2016
We visited the park again today and found a very [...]
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08, 2016
Ardleigh House Summer Workshop, Friday 29th July 2016
I am tutoring four workshops at Ardleigh House this summer. [...]
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07, 2016
Raphael’s Park, Tuesday Sketching and Painting
A change in the weather from our previous trip meant [...]
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07, 2016
En Plein Air Painting – Raphael’s Park, Romford, Essex
On the hottest day of the year to date, we [...]
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07, 2016
Sketching on Location
I have organised two sketching afternoons this summer. Tuesday 19th [...]
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07, 2016
Burnt Umber
Some pigments have some amazing qualities, and burnt umber is [...]
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07, 2016
Summer Courses at Ardleigh House, Hornchurch, Essex
I am tutoring a Summer Course at Ardleigh House which [...]
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06, 2016
Painting Flowers in Watercolours
If you are serious about painting flowers you need to [...]
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06, 2016
Drawing and Painting a Cloche Hat
The cloche hat was designed by the French milliner Caroline [...]
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06, 2016
Painting a Poke Bonnet
A poke bonnet was made of straw and was often then [...]
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06, 2016
Working in Watercolour Washes
Washes can prove challenging, but extremely rewarding to achieve. This [...]
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05, 2016
Raphael’s Park Tree
Some subjects are perfect for painting without drawing and this [...]