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I am a Brand Ambassador for the Portable Painter watercolour palettes, and they have just released a DISCOUNT CODE for anyone wanting to...

Traditionally the end of one year and the beginning of the next is a time for looking back, reminiscing, mulling over what you did, saw...

Do you never have enough space for new colours on your sketching palette? This is a common problem, so let me show you one neat solution....

I’ve been playing around with ways to use the Portable Painter palette so that I can use it for gouache outdoors. The problem has always...

I was chatting with Donna yesterday about the various art movements through history. This came about because we have recently visited the...

Summer holidays beckon and I’ve once again been checking out my plein air kits so that I can take the bare minimum with me. I was just...

I’d like to introduce you to two of my favourite watercolour/gouache landscape sketchers who have inspired and helped me on my painting...

I’m very excited to be able to share with you my new website and arty adventure! For many years I have been searching for the perfect...

I have to admit that I never used a sketchbook when I was first learning to paint. I would find a photo of something I wanted to paint,...

For a couple of years I abandoned watercolour painting entirely as I was concentrating on my oils, but then I rediscovered the thrill of...

I don’t know about you but I have a lot of art books! I love them and refer to them often for ideas and help. But this Christmas I was...

I recently came across this blog which features sketches and often equally colorful stories behind the scenes by 100 invited artists in...