Hello, well another week has flown by! I hope you all are well. Still very hot and sunny here. Beautiful blue skies and sometimes a welcome breeze. This week’s project goes larger scale compared with the mini project last week. It took several sessions with welcome breaks in between. You may find the video tutorial… Continue reading Let there be light
Hello lovely people from a beautiful sunny day in Spain! I hope you have had a great week! This week I really wanted to throw caution to the wind and paint something colourful and vibrant using the kuretake paints which are a cross between watercolour and gouache in terms of their varying opacities. It’s done… Continue reading Lavender view
Hello friends! I hope you are well. Well today is hot! 38 degrees Celsius ! We have the fans going and blinds down! Feel really sorry for anyone who has to work outside! For this week’s project I had a request from one of my lovely YouTube members to create something with a beach and… Continue reading ‘Me time’
Hello everyone. This week’s project is full of peaceful vibes. Certainly much needed in these times. It was an experiment to see how the Kuretake granular colours would mix in a little watercolour painting. You may find the video tutorial Here I hope you like it. I found the paints quite forgiving and it was… Continue reading Peace
Hello, I hope your week has gone to plan! Still very hot here. I know there are similar heat waives in many places including the UK! Best to stay in doors. Thankfully my lovely brother fitted my ceiling fans a couple of weeks ago and saved us! So this week keeping cool was on my… Continue reading Stillness
Hello and a very happy 2025 to you all! I’m back from my trip to see my family in Portugal over Christmas. It was great to see them all after so long! I had a lovely time. The good news is that my house is finally agreed for sale so I will be preparing to… Continue reading ‘A new path’
Hello friends I hope you are well! As I write this the first snow has arrived! It’s turned quite cold. The snow isn’t staying on the ground but maybe later! Today’s picture is a snowy scene and of course it was inspired by the chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis . It was thought that… Continue reading ‘The discovery’
Hello friends, I hope you have had a great week. I’m looking out at rain again but at least the garden is happy. August looks like a mixed bag in terms of sunshine. I’m mindful that some of you are having heat waves – that’s not pleasant either! This week’s project escapes to sunnier climbs.… Continue reading Lavender fields
Hello friends! I hope you are well! I’m just back from my walk after some shopping and cleaning etc. Ready for the week- bring it on! My video at the weekend was an excuse to play again with my Kuretake watercolours. They are thicker than standard water colours and take a bit of getting used… Continue reading Magic at twilight
Hello again! Well the snow has arrived in Northern Ireland . It’s just a dusting so far but it has turned very cold. I love it when the winter weather is crisp and bright. As least I do looking through a window!! This weeks project isn’t a winter scene. It depicts a partially lit woodland… Continue reading Courage
