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Dear Louise, I’m very grateful for your lessons on freeing up, painting with speed and energy, trying not to think of what the landscape actually looks like. I’m having alot of difficulty doing that, but it has helped me a great deal in freeing me, moving away from the detail that locks me down. I also love your palette and thank you for raw umber – I’d never used it before. I will add a second attempt after this. Dorothy Lele, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Dear Louise, I’m very grateful for your lessons on freeing up, painting with speed and energy, trying not to think of what the landscape actually looks like. I’m having alot of difficulty doing that, but it has helped me a great deal in freeing me, moving away from the detail that locks me down. I also love your palette and thank you for raw umber – I’d never used it before. I will add a second attempt after this. Dorothy Lele, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

by | 7th April 2024

Dear Louise, I'm very grateful for your lessons on freeing up, painting with speed and energy, trying not to think of what the landscape actually looks like. I'm having alot of difficulty doing that, but it has helped me a great deal in freeing me, moving...

On Louise’s recommendation, I got a copy (2nd edition) of David Hornung’s book on colour. It’s very clear and thorough. Having originally studied sculpture, rather than painting, colour theory is a definite weak point. This is the first exercise – Chromatic Greys, broad hue/range and narrow hue/range.

by | 4th April 2024

On Louise's recommendation, I got a copy (2nd edition) of David Hornung's book on colour. It's very clear and thorough. Having originally studied sculpture, rather than painting, colour theory is a definite weak point. This is the first exercise –...
On Louise’s recommendation, I got a copy (2nd edition) of David Hornung’s book on colour. It’s very clear and thorough. Having originally studied sculpture, rather than painting, colour theory is a definite weak point. This is the first exercise – Chromatic Greys, broad hue/range and narrow hue/range.

On Louise’s recommendation, I got a copy (2nd edition) of David Hornung’s book on colour. It’s very clear and thorough. Having originally studied sculpture, rather than painting, colour theory is a definite weak point. This is the first exercise – Chromatic Greys, broad hue/range and narrow hue/range.

by | 4th April 2024

On Louise's recommendation, I got a copy (2nd edition) of David Hornung's book on colour. It's very clear and thorough. Having originally studied sculpture, rather than painting, colour theory is a definite weak point. This is the first exercise –...
Ravillious Chalk paths….I found this exercise really useful in terms of absorbing the techniques Ravillious used and how important his mark making is to the overall picture. My attempt has a long way to go but the building blocks are hopefully laid down!

Ravillious Chalk paths….I found this exercise really useful in terms of absorbing the techniques Ravillious used and how important his mark making is to the overall picture. My attempt has a long way to go but the building blocks are hopefully laid down!

by | 3rd April 2024

Ravillious Chalk paths….I found this exercise really useful in terms of absorbing the techniques Ravillious used and how important his mark making is to the overall picture. My attempt has a long way to go but the building blocks are hopefully laid down!
I know i should have been cleaning up builder dust, but i mentioned that i needed to ‘do homework’ & suddenly I had a couple fo hours to play at being Joan Eardley. Fascinating studying her pastel works & looking closely at her mark making. These were all made with Sennelier pastels ( fun but sooo messy – the kitchen was covered with a glorious riot of mutilcoloured dust! These were fun – making coloured scribbles, spreading it with fingers, wiping some off with kitchen paper, adding more marks. I love her work…what energy she gets into her paintings! I’ll do more over the next few weeks to look deeper into her work

I know i should have been cleaning up builder dust, but i mentioned that i needed to ‘do homework’ & suddenly I had a couple fo hours to play at being Joan Eardley. Fascinating studying her pastel works & looking closely at her mark making. These were all made with Sennelier pastels ( fun but sooo messy – the kitchen was covered with a glorious riot of mutilcoloured dust! These were fun – making coloured scribbles, spreading it with fingers, wiping some off with kitchen paper, adding more marks. I love her work…what energy she gets into her paintings! I’ll do more over the next few weeks to look deeper into her work

by | 2nd April 2024

I know i should have been cleaning up builder dust, but i mentioned that i needed to ‘do homework’ & suddenly I had a couple fo hours to play at being Joan Eardley. Fascinating studying her pastel works & looking closely at her mark making. These were all made...
Im on catch up with all the video session but decided to begin at the beginning & enjoy the sketching. This was done in teh chilliness of the morning sat in the kitchen garden looking down teh valley to the mountains, will-it-or-wont-it-rain clouds over my head. Trying to get a sense of distance and busyness of the sky. Watery gouache painted on & wiped off in places, then pencil & crayon added

Im on catch up with all the video session but decided to begin at the beginning & enjoy the sketching. This was done in teh chilliness of the morning sat in the kitchen garden looking down teh valley to the mountains, will-it-or-wont-it-rain clouds over my head. Trying to get a sense of distance and busyness of the sky. Watery gouache painted on & wiped off in places, then pencil & crayon added

by | 29th March 2024

Im on catch up with all the video session but decided to begin at the beginning & enjoy the sketching. This was done in teh chilliness of the morning sat in the kitchen garden looking down teh valley to the mountains, will-it-or-wont-it-rain clouds over my head....