I've been thinking for a while about painting an elephant Hazel Soan style and finally got around to it today. The elephant itself was first...
Year: 2019
Horsehead Quarry
I thought I'd try something different. After checking out some Jean Lurssen videos on YouTube I thought I'd invest in some acrylic inks and have a...
The Old Man Of Storr
It's a double painting day today. This time I've gone for a conventional landscape for the first time in a while. It's the Old Man of Storr on the...
White, Six-Petalled Flower From Northern Thailand
This is my second attempt at a bit of free and loose Jean Haines style flower painting. It's of a white, six-petalled flower from Northern...
Sunshine Through The Brambles
I got the idea for this one yesterday afternoon, staring out of the lounge window as Bradley Walsh was asking "What has the chaser put?" Not that...
Colour Charts
With four new colours joining my palette this week (or five if you count cadmium red, now promoted from associate to full member), I thought I...
Changes to my palette
After reading that Hazel Soan book, I’ve made some changes to my palette. I've now got a better understanding of the difference between...
Freebird Nebula
I'm waiting patiently for three different yellows to be delivered (raw sienna plus two two new ones - watch this space) so thought I'd have a go at...
Hazel Soan’s Watercolour Rainbow – Book Review
I lashed out on another book last week. I don't plan on turning this into a site that reviews books but I have to say this one is well worth the...
Snow In The Mountains
And here's the second snowy painting of the day. Brought to you by the colours cobalt blue, quinacridone magenta, raw sienna and burnt umber. I'm...
Rubbish Snow Painting
There's been a bit of snow overnight so I thought I'd have a go at doing some snow painting. In fact I did two paintings at the same time. This is...
Valdeinfierno
I got the idea for this one from a photo I saw on Facebook of three people hiking through Valdeinfierno. A bit of googling reveals it to be...
I was feeling up for a challenge today, so I decided I'd do a painting that was a set of twelve random vignettes and that I'd ask friends on...
Colourful Sky
This was based on a photo of the Aurora Borealis where the lights were all in green. I didn't manage to get the greens right and the sky looks...
First Gesso
Today's painting follows hot on the heels of yesterday's, mainly because I spread a load of gesso on a watercolour sheet to dry overnight. It's my...
SIAS Newsletter November 2018
And here's another one. This is called SIAS Newsletter November 2018 after the email that included the stock photo this was based on. It's getting...
Flowers In Alexandria
My first attempt at an impressionistic flower after reading that Jean Haines book and I think it’s a decent start. I could still be looser - the...