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!…
Straining wistful eyes into vacancy…
It's about that time when the New Year starts to feel a lot like the old one and I'm tempted…
The Art Before Christmas
It's the last art class before Christmas and everyone has that 'end of term' feeling - you know, when you're…
The Big Hole In My Blog
When I browsed the blog pages on my website the other day, I was shocked to discover that I hadn't…
Failure?
A long time ago, when I ran evening classes at the local college, I taught a student who only ever worked on…