Blue Tits and Hazel Catkins

We have had snow here in Sussex, which is actually quite rare; I think 2009 was the last proper snowfall.…

Oak and Ash

For these two I have tried to be a little more gestural in my technique. I am self-taught with gouache…

I collected some twigs to paint on my walk, and the first one I tackled was the horse-chestnut, or conker…

I’m watching out for ‘budburst’, that magical time when as the name suggests, the leaves burst from the bud and…

For this journal entry, I decided to draw a bullfinch and some more alder twigs. I copied a male bullfinch…

Today started off looking immensely promising with snow forecast, and a pink sky. Sadly, the forecast didn’t follow through, and…

I had a go at a woodcut now that I have my beautiful new Pheil tools and a birch blank.…

The weather yesterday was spectacular, and as mentioned in my previous post, I am really enjoying the shapes and colours…

I was so thrilled to be given a new set of carving tools for Christmas – especially as they weren’t…

I have painted two Ringed plovers but my first attempt got smudged (always a hazard with me…) so although it…