Watercolour workshops in October
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…
Wandering through Australia continued..
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…
On the Road in Australia
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…
Tricky Subjects
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…
The Joy of Sketch
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…
A Brush in the hand
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…
Korimako News April 2024
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…
Getting started
Hi everyone, my March newsletter is a little late and I can’t think of any excuse other than that we’ve had wall to wall visitors! We’ve still had some crazily hot days, even though we’re now into autumn - then…
Getting Out of the Studio to Paint
Hi everyone, January at the lake has been a month of (more ) crazy weather, 30 degree days, wild winds and heavy rain. Tempers have sometimes been frayed by humid stickiness . We’ve had lots of visitors - which has…