A two day immersion in watercolour is a great way to kick start your painting and build confidence. Suitable both for beginners and those who haven't painted for a while and need a refresh! We'll work through the basics together and on the second day you'll have the opportunity to work from your own reference material.
This two day immersive workshop set within the beautiful St Arnaud is for those who’ve had some experience with watercolour, or have been to one of my beginner workshops. An opportunity to tackle your own landscape subject with my support.
I'm back from my travels in Australia and ready for work! I'm offering two workshops here at my studio in October - these will be the last ones for this year. This is your chance to play with watercolour in…
Almost 12,000km later and we’ve crossed Australia to the East coast. Since last months blog we’ve traveled down from Kalgoorlie to the south coast, turned east along to the SE corner , back up past Margaret River, then turned east…
Hi all, here we are in the middle of the Pilbara desert in Western Australia. We’ve driven a couple of thousand kms so far, starting at Perth , up as far as Karratha then across east to Kirinjini National Park…
Blog 12/06/24 Once upon a time there was a teenage girl who loved motorbikes. Like many teenage girls she kept an eye out for a tall dark handsome stranger to roar up on his bike, sweep her up and carry…
Hi everybody, A couple of weekends ago I joined the Watercolour NZ paint away weekend at Lake Brunner. Around 70? watercolour painters met up and painted together and had a great time. I am always flummoxed (lovely word) when faced…
What makes a good paintbrush? The range can be overwhelming, but choosing the right brush, as with any tool, makes the job much easier. To begin with, for watercolour you can rule out hogs bristle (meant for oil paints). Some…
Hi everybody, The first thing that took my online eye this morning was the post from The Drawing Room in Christchurch offering limited supplies of tartan paint 😄. Yes, it’s April already. Autumn is in full swing at the lake…
