“The Art Itself is Nature”
At the end of last year, I wrote a post about Diane Duyser, who made headlines when she saw the…
A Busman’s Holiday
This summer, during the worst of the British heatwave, I was in Madeira, where the sun rises late and its…
The Sky Is The Limit
¡Hola! Here's the Montgó massif in Spain, a breathtaking lump of rock that rises 750 metres above the villa where…
From penciller to painter
A fortnight ago, while Franklin was thrashing about in frustration, looking for anything Eunice might have missed, I drove down…
Making light of play
Back in October, my partner, Petra and I were lucky enough to escape to Madeira for the half term and…
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.…