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Patience

Patience

  Rather than lie still or recline, as models often do at traditional, art school ateliers, the life model walked…

Teacher and Student

Teacher and Student

I’d stacked all the tables and chairs, loaded the car with my art stuff, driven home and just put the…

How To Paint California

How To Paint California

“Yesterday evening Mrs. Arundel insisted on my going to the window, and looking at the glorious sky, as she called…

Top Carrot!

Top Carrot!

“Courage is knowing it might hurt and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same.”  – Jeremy Goldberg To enter an…

Everything including the kitchen sink!

Everything including the kitchen sink!

My new course on watercolours begins next week. Titled, ‘Watercolour Essentials,’ it’s going to cover all the things you really…

Shadow Play

Shadow Play

At the life class on a dull day, a couple of weeks ago, I was struck by the way the…

An Enchanted Eye and Hand

An Enchanted Eye and Hand

The last six lessons of my online course, Watercolour A to Z, began with the letter U and that fundamental…

Still life, still important

Still life, still important

  ‘With an apple, I shall astonish Paris.’ Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) I received an email with a link to a…

Life, Death and Art

Life, Death and Art

You may have heard of the Pitmen Painters. In 2007, Lee Hall’s play made them quite famous, both in the…

The Painter of the Future

The Painter of the Future

We’re 10% of the way through 2023, but still feeling the chill of winter, of course, so I hope the…

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