I wanted to share the process from start to finish of how I do my portraits as there are many stages which can look odd or do not make sense and I think it is so important to explain each stage for anyone who is scared of having a go. The equipment matters and you get good results with good quality equipment when working with watercolour. If your one A3 sheet of paper costs you over £4 that is a good thing. If you have bought a watercolour pad where the whole A3 pad cost you

I have progressed onto doing portraits of pets in the last few months after doing a portrait of our beloved Bruce and being asked why I did not do more pet portraits and I just did not have a good reason why not! I start the process with a monoprint. It seems to be a way of working which I find makes me more sketchy and free than if I work in just pencil on paper. I cannot explain what it is about the line but somehow it gives me the base I want and then I add the watercolor

So here it is in all it's glory. A tiger I started 3 days ago at the request on my son for his room. It has been a real pleasure to work...

As I said in my previous post, by doing the eyes first all the fear goes out of the painting as he already looked real. When I moved to...

I have only just learnt how to oil paint and I was taught by the wonderful David Smith who was Head of Art at Felsted for eons. He...

So in order to get on with the fun bit of painting, I enlarged the tiger onto a big canvas which I had primed with white emulsion a...

When my kids were very little I taught art to adults at our local adult education centre. When I was teaching a watercolour course, I...

I am naturally quite impatient but I have been forcing myself to spend a bit more time in the preparation work prior to cutting a lino...

Join me in my continual artistic journey in making art, experimenting with different mediums and consequently staying happy and creative

Where I do my best work and why I moved out of the house and into a glorified shed when I need to be creative I have tried it all and I...