Category: Colour Keys

A Haunted Island

I'm taking a day off from serious watercolour painting today and going back to abstract landscapes.  I'm going back to the palette knife technique...

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Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

After all that fun with whitewashed buildings in my last painting, I wanted to have another go at something similar. After googling for white...

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The Red Lion, Weston

It was looking too hot outside today to venture out painting, so I looked through my files for something I could paint in a shady spot in the...

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Blackpool Pleasure Beach

My second episode as a wildcard at Landscape Artist Of The Year was screened in February 2023 but here's what I had to say after filming in June...

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Warden Point

I was back on the road again today and thought I'd head to Leysdown On Sea on the Isle of Sheppey to see what I could find to paint.  After...

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Thurnham Castle

Today I've been on a day trip to paint Thurnham Castle.  It's a little bit to the North of Maidstone and is just a pair of hills, one of which has...

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Rochester Castle

So, after the flop that was The Wall Of Rochester Castle, I slumped off towards Rochester High Street for coffee at The Dead Cat (*recommended)...

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The Wall Of Rochester Castle

I've had a day out at Rochester Castle today.  I had plans to head out Eastwards but the M2 is apparently closed in that direction, so I took on...

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The End Of The Footpath

I took the dog out for a walk this morning and found this prefect site for a painting.  It’s at the end of a footpath from the Lower Hartlip Road....

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The Smell Of Seaweed

I've been out and about for the first time this year.  I drove over to the Riverside Country Park in Gillingham and stride up and down the causeway...

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An Arrogant Intrusion

I was watching an interesting video by Liron Yanconsky on YouTube the other day in which he painted a church in monochrome without putting down a...

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Force Of Life

So here's my second painting of the day.  Again, this was all about having fun rather than creating a masterpiece.  My idea on this one was to...

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L Staircase, Christ’s College

For my first watercolour in 26 days (!) I'm back to Christ's College again.  This is the entry to L staircase, a part of the college I'm very...

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Stepping Into Second Court

So, after reading that Peter Cronin book. I was keen to put his ideas into practice.  I picked this view from Christ's College, Cambridge because...

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The Trinity Hall Wall

I've been rereading Webb On Watercolour and was reminded of the push-pull technique which I never got around to trying out, so I thought I'd give...

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The Call

It's been a bad day today and that means I must have been painting with watercolour.  This bad run needs to come to an end soon. I thought I'd...

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Candace

I'm on the watercolours again today.  In an attempt to find some form, I'm going for a colourful bit of figure drawing as that normally works out...

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Once Upon A Time In The West Again

Time for a watercolour again and today was looking like a good day to be painting in the garden.  After yesterday's success with a Western and the...

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