We all love looking at other peoples work and we learn so much about our own work by doing so. No-one works in a bubble, we are all influenced by what we see around us, our life experiences and the art we encounter. We can seek guidance from other artists work when we...

Since finishing the filming I have been thinking a lot about what's next... for me and for you. Most of the video content will be re-organised to be self-study, skills based online courses that artists can do in their own time. But I also want to run scheduled...

HI!, Firstly a huge THANK YOU to all the new subscribers to my blog. I try to do one regularly but life gets in the way. Sometimes they are technical blogs or things I have found I want to share with you (like the rollers!) Sometimes they are reflective.... I took a...

This week sadly saw the death of Little Richard, what an amazing man, I've been listening to the radio and jigging about! We are still in lockdown but not everything is gloomy, I have had an exciting piece of news! Last year I asked Jacksons if they could stock the...

These delightful books were made by participants of my online workshop MONOTYPE MAYHEM! That ran in April 2020. Thanks for all the contributions.  Heather Hanna Pat Dennis Jill Carrot Jo Scott Caroline de Moel Rachel Furze Valerie Brown Joy Feerrar Lynda Waterson...

Way back in February (...that's seems an age away) I ran an amazing two day workshop and as it relates to the online workshops I'm running over the next two weeks I thought I would share it with you. But first some background... Two years ago I almost gave up...

Six weeks ago I was in Morocco celebrating a friends 60th birthday. We were a mixed group of 17 partygoers, English, Italian, French ages ranging from mid 30s to early 80’s. It was a fabulous weekend and once back in my studio near Granada I was allowing the colours,...

HI! I hope you are well and coping with the lockdown as best you can. I have created a small studio space in my apartment, its cosy but adequate. I have just read an interesting article by Aisha S. Ahmad about how we are all shifting our perceptions and trying to be...

Hope you are well and staying safe. Just to let you know I am planning a series of FREE* online sessions to go out in a couple of weeks. I will be sending an email out to my mailing list, if you reading this you are signed up for my blog you may not be signed up for...

As a painter using oil and cold wax medium I am always in the search for tools that create interesting marks and textures. It is important to me to have a range of marks on a piece, to avoid too much similarity as this can lead to a uniform surface that lacks...

troll/trɒl,trəʊl/ verb carefully and systematically search an area for something. Under the Postwick viaduct is a small area of urban heaven. The viaduct is about 600 metres long. It forms part of the Norwich southern bypass (which was completed in 1992) and...

Jacksons Art store in London asked me to compare the range of Cold Wax Mediums that are available for their blog. I compared them the side by side in various situations as well as completing six small paintings, each using one of the six mediums. Along the way, I...