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Here is a quick sketch with a twig, indian ink and w/c. I have just returned from a week painting in and around Dolgellau with friends. I did this in the rain, of a waterfall but only had about 10 -15 minutes before being rained off. Despite very cold and wet weather, I managed 9 oils and six sketches.

Here is a quick sketch with a twig, indian ink and w/c. I have just returned from a week painting in and around Dolgellau with friends. I did this in the rain, of a waterfall but only had about 10 -15 minutes before being rained off. Despite very cold and wet weather, I managed 9 oils and six sketches.

by | 31st March 2026

Here is a quick sketch with a twig, indian ink and w/c. I have just returned from a week painting in and around Dolgellau with friends. I did this in the rain, of a waterfall but only had about 10 -15 minutes before being rained off. Despite very cold and wet weather,...
Oil painting, painted from my sketch off the sea using big brushes and heaps of paint and worked quickly . It was exhilarating and exhausting using the right brain at one stage . Thank you Louise for sharing this method of applying paint I am grateful to you.

Oil painting, painted from my sketch off the sea using big brushes and heaps of paint and worked quickly . It was exhilarating and exhausting using the right brain at one stage . Thank you Louise for sharing this method of applying paint I am grateful to you.

by | 1st March 2026

Oil painting, painted from my sketch off the sea using big brushes and heaps of paint and worked quickly . It was exhilarating and exhausting using the right brain at one stage . Thank you Louise for sharing this method of applying paint I am grateful to...
Here is my latest watercolour, I’m still trying to paint from memory and imagination, rather than from life. Had fun with colour in this one, starting with a vague idea and a quick sketch, I’m quite pleased with the result. I will do February’s excercise when I get my oils out again in March.

Here is my latest watercolour, I’m still trying to paint from memory and imagination, rather than from life. Had fun with colour in this one, starting with a vague idea and a quick sketch, I’m quite pleased with the result. I will do February’s excercise when I get my oils out again in March.

by | 20th February 2026

Here is my latest watercolour, I’m still trying to paint from memory and imagination, rather than from life. Had fun with colour in this one, starting with a vague idea and a quick sketch, I’m quite pleased with the result. I will do February’s excercise when I get my...
You know how I love trees especially in woodlands and forests. I created this in watercolour first, then added indian and acrylic inks with hand cut bamboo dip pens in an abstract manner. This was imagined and memorised from the many hours spent in woodlands last summer, sketching and painting. I am slowly trying to change my methods of working from plein air start to finish oil paintings, to sketching out doors, and finishing from memory back in the studio.

You know how I love trees especially in woodlands and forests. I created this in watercolour first, then added indian and acrylic inks with hand cut bamboo dip pens in an abstract manner. This was imagined and memorised from the many hours spent in woodlands last summer, sketching and painting. I am slowly trying to change my methods of working from plein air start to finish oil paintings, to sketching out doors, and finishing from memory back in the studio.

by | 26th January 2026

You know how I love trees especially in woodlands and forests. I created this in watercolour first, then added indian and acrylic inks with hand cut bamboo dip pens in an abstract manner. This was imagined and memorised from the many hours spent in woodlands last...
Hello everyone – I’m back after an end of year break. It’s so good to get back to sketching & drawing again, I havent attempted any paintings yet, but will get to doing something soon. In the meantime I’ve posted a few sketches using different materials, ( at least I hope I have). I’ve so enjoyed using as many different media that I can scrounge & borrow & buy….& fascinating to see how each opens up something very different in how I capture a moment. Charcoal & eraser, inktense sticks, watercolour, and acrylics & acrylic inks. It’ll be interesting to play more with each of these & mix them all up

Hello everyone – I’m back after an end of year break. It’s so good to get back to sketching & drawing again, I havent attempted any paintings yet, but will get to doing something soon. In the meantime I’ve posted a few sketches using different materials, ( at least I hope I have). I’ve so enjoyed using as many different media that I can scrounge & borrow & buy….& fascinating to see how each opens up something very different in how I capture a moment. Charcoal & eraser, inktense sticks, watercolour, and acrylics & acrylic inks. It’ll be interesting to play more with each of these & mix them all up

by | 18th January 2026

Hello everyone – I’m back after an end of year break. It’s so good to get back to sketching & drawing again, I havent attempted any paintings yet, but will get to doing something soon. In the meantime I’ve posted a few sketches using different materials, (...
Today’s sketch on a rainy windswept morning, is an imaginary rocky coastline in inks. First I drew some thick brown ink marks, almost blotted on in an abstract manner. When dry, I looked at the marks and with a thinner ink pen, I imagined a rocky coastline and distant sea, and explored cross hatching, almost like Eric Ravillious.

Today’s sketch on a rainy windswept morning, is an imaginary rocky coastline in inks. First I drew some thick brown ink marks, almost blotted on in an abstract manner. When dry, I looked at the marks and with a thinner ink pen, I imagined a rocky coastline and distant sea, and explored cross hatching, almost like Eric Ravillious.

by | 13th January 2026

Today’s sketch on a rainy windswept morning, is an imaginary rocky coastline in inks. First I drew some thick brown ink marks, almost blotted on in an abstract manner. When dry, I looked at the marks and with a thinner ink pen, I imagined a rocky coastline and distant...
Here i was trying a sunset from my imagination and memory, I used to paint sunsets in real time in oils, starting 1/2 hour before and putting in the clouds and other marks, by estimating how dark it might get, then working furiously for another 1/2 hour or more, in the dark from memory of what just happened. So exciting and useful to do. This one however, was from my imagination.

Here i was trying a sunset from my imagination and memory, I used to paint sunsets in real time in oils, starting 1/2 hour before and putting in the clouds and other marks, by estimating how dark it might get, then working furiously for another 1/2 hour or more, in the dark from memory of what just happened. So exciting and useful to do. This one however, was from my imagination.

by | 13th December 2025

Here i was trying a sunset from my imagination and memory, I used to paint sunsets in real time in oils, starting 1/2 hour before and putting in the clouds and other marks, by estimating how dark it might get, then working furiously for another 1/2 hour or more, in...
Here’s an oil sketch of one of my favourite Winifred Nicholson paintings (‘Isle of Canna’). I have attempted to capture the vibrant palette of her original work – I was also interested to see how the violet and yellow ochre combination worked, it seems full of possibilities!

Here’s an oil sketch of one of my favourite Winifred Nicholson paintings (‘Isle of Canna’). I have attempted to capture the vibrant palette of her original work – I was also interested to see how the violet and yellow ochre combination worked, it seems full of possibilities!

by | 6th December 2025

Here's an oil sketch of one of my favourite Winifred Nicholson paintings ('Isle of Canna'). I have attempted to capture the vibrant palette of her original work – I was also interested to see how the violet and yellow ochre combination worked, it...
Here is a Cumberland landscape painting by Winifred Nicholson. And below is my interpretation of her painting. I love to paint landscapes in oils so I worked quickly with this one to capture it’s essence. On reflection, she has a more subtle colour palette and softer edges perhaps. Enjoy!

Here is a Cumberland landscape painting by Winifred Nicholson. And below is my interpretation of her painting. I love to paint landscapes in oils so I worked quickly with this one to capture it’s essence. On reflection, she has a more subtle colour palette and softer edges perhaps. Enjoy!

by | 1st December 2025

Here is a Cumberland landscape painting by Winifred Nicholson. And below is my interpretation of her painting. I love to paint landscapes in oils so I worked quickly with this one to capture it’s essence. On reflection, she has a more subtle colour palette and softer...
See my last two posts. – This is the view ten minutes after I finished my sketch of Hells mouth, on the North Cornish coast. Yes, it’s the view from the drivers seat of the car, looking into the heavy rain that decended on the subject. Everything was now obscured by the water running down the windscreen, and all colours had disappeared. (A friend once painted from inside a greenhouse in Ireland in the pouring rain, and won top prize. ) The patterns are fleeting, changing all the time, which gives good scope for abstract artists.

See my last two posts. – This is the view ten minutes after I finished my sketch of Hells mouth, on the North Cornish coast. Yes, it’s the view from the drivers seat of the car, looking into the heavy rain that decended on the subject. Everything was now obscured by the water running down the windscreen, and all colours had disappeared. (A friend once painted from inside a greenhouse in Ireland in the pouring rain, and won top prize. ) The patterns are fleeting, changing all the time, which gives good scope for abstract artists.

by | 24th October 2025

See my last two posts. – This is the view ten minutes after I finished my sketch of Hells mouth, on the North Cornish coast. Yes, it’s the view from the drivers seat of the car, looking into the heavy rain that decended on the subject. Everything was now...
I paint and sketch the same view over and over again. I’m slowly figuring out how to move from depiction to abstraction. Here, with two colours (sienna and phthalo blue) and white. I’m making the oil paint smooth with egg yolk because I don’t want to use solvents. What do you think: Not enough contrast? The mountains shouldn’t be the same height? Where is the focal point? I look forward to your comments!

I paint and sketch the same view over and over again. I’m slowly figuring out how to move from depiction to abstraction. Here, with two colours (sienna and phthalo blue) and white. I’m making the oil paint smooth with egg yolk because I don’t want to use solvents. What do you think: Not enough contrast? The mountains shouldn’t be the same height? Where is the focal point? I look forward to your comments!

by | 10th October 2025

I paint and sketch the same view over and over again. I'm slowly figuring out how to move from depiction to abstraction. Here, with two colours (sienna and phthalo blue) and white. I'm making the oil paint smooth with egg yolk because I don't want to...