Whimsical Rainbow for you to paint

Here’s a pretty, easy wet-in-wet rainbow ideal for all occasions. You can easily adapt it for any circumstances. The great thing about this little painting is that it can be personalised in so very many ways! Change up the embellishments to suit your style or the event and even paint it in non-rainbow colors if…

The Village Walk

Landscapes are daunting. No doubt about it, with all that perspective and the arrangement of the features you want to include. Then there’s scale, and tonal values, and proportions, and and and…. But there is an answer. Why not try my two-dimensional fun landscape of your village or townscape? For this painting I used a…

Kuretake Graphite Colors and Circles

Today in the post I received my order of a set of Kuretake Gansai Tambi Graphite colors. I have been the proud owner of a set of Starry Colors since Christmas when I couldn’t resist the idea of using gold and silver on the cards I was making. But when I saw these Graphite colors…

How to Paint a Rainbow

Exploring your paintbox can be an exciting experience especially if you decide to pick out all the bright and cheerful colors and paint a loose rainbow! Use the resulting splash of color to form the background for an ink drawing and make lovely bookmarks and greetings cards galore! Or use it in your journal as…