Sculpting With Colour
"Le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'un occupation inutile."* I'm very fond of this quotation from Henri de Régnier, which…
Back To Life?
Contemplating the return to real life classes With the support of many of my students and with the help of Zoom, Google…
Come to T with me!
On Watercolour A to Z, our online journey through the watercolour alphabet, we looked at how to describe the form…
When is an iguana not an iguana?
Quinacridone Gold, Quinacridone Red, Duochrome Blue Pearl and Indigo with body colour and scratching out. The answer, of course, is…
Landscape Heavy?
Within a few days of publication, my book, Tate: Master Watercolour, was named 'Book of the Month' by Artists & Illustrators magazine.…
Master Watercolour
Master Watercolour is a practical book project that began in September 2018 and took me more than a year to…
Reading the T’s and C’s
I've just returned from a three week walking tour around La Gomera, one of the smallest islands of the Canaries.…
Using the hand to train the eye…
In the latest edition of Seeing Things, my regular podcast on Frome FM about the visual arts, I talk to…
In the frog house!
Many years ago, my mum bought a frog. Not a real one, but a wall-eyed, green and black-striped, purple-bellied beanbag…
Angry Art?
A long time ago, when I first began teaching art, I suggested to a class that we try our hand…
When the bubble pops…
La Finca Paradiso is a green oasis in the Almerian desert; a 33 acre bubble of tranquility where we make time stand still…
Look To Your Paper
JMW Turner painted one of his most famous sunsets* on tinted paper, so I thought I'd have a go, too!…