Living Wild, My forest adventure
My Artist Residency in the New Forest!
Searching for a new way of working!
Sketching & Drawing
Painting trees is my passion, Why?
Why do I paint trees? I’ll let you in on a secret Dappled sunlight magic Painting trees is my passion why? As a child, I used to explore the woods on my bike. I’d cycle off on an adventure sometimes alone or with friends, but we always ended up in the woods. I think my
Trees and yet more trees it’s all about observation!
Trees and yet more trees, it’s all about observation! I have spent many hours this year in parks and woodlands sketching and painting trees. I have been doing this for 25 years, and once I spent a whole year, just trying to understand them. Here are some recent results. Above, walking in King George VI
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Ink pen and watercolour drawings, – How I do them!
Pen and watercolour, Ink Pen and Wash Drawings, whatever you call them, this is how I do them! I start with the drawing using Indian Ink, from the bottle, and an old fashioned dip pen. These are available from your local art shop or drawing office suppliers. I have a few pen handles, and a
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Do you dream of being an Artist? How Much do you want this?
To be an Artist! Do you dream of being an artist? Are you happy to be a social or leisure painter? Do you enjoy a weekly art session, because of the people you meet and the conversations you have? in other words, because of its social and theraputic benefits? After all that is how and
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How to become a ‘Plein Air’ Painter – at least, this is how I did it!
How to become a plein air painter? How did I do it? I began tentatively using watercolour, which is the hardest medium of them all. To be profficient you need bags of confidence, and you don’t have that, until you get good! It’s a vicious circle. I noticed early on that my lack of drawing
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Learn to sketch 2 – Seeing like an artist! Shapes and Angles!
Did you see Learning to Sketch 1? Click here to go there first. It is important when you are learning to sketch to really see the shapes and angles, with your eyes, and not your brain. You need to learn how to forget what the object is, and instead, to study its form. This comprises
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Painting or sketching, out of doors! – 5 Benefits for you!
In 2017 I upped my game! Yes – I have been out and about, painting and sketching even more than previous years! So why do I prefer to go and work out of doors, in full view of the ‘public gaze’ and in nearly all weathers? Learning an art or a craft based skill is essentially
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Chasing The Light – It’s Exhibition time again at York Street, Ramsgate
Chasing the light Exhibition Every year I have my own Chasing the light exhibition at the prestigious York Street Gallery in Ramsgate. This is my 3rd showing here and my work has really changed since the last time, so everything you see will be spanking new and fresh. I’m excited by that. So what have
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Learn to Sketch 1 – Getting started – Acquiring the sketchbook habit
” A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” (Laozi c 604 bc). Learn to sketch What an inspired thought. It still applies for all journeys, especially for those people starting out on a journey to acquire valuable skills. Getting Started : Easy things first, you will need two pencils, (a
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