Welcome to my watercolor and doodling tutorial, where I’ll be sharing with you how I use these artistic techniques to lift myself out of sadness and bring some joy and positivity into my life. I’ve always found that creativity is a powerful tool for improving my mental health and helping me overcome difficult emotions, andRead more ⟶
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Sunset Palms Composition and Watercolor Art
Bring some drama into your life with this quick and easy sunset palm painting with birds to bring it to life! No special equipment is needed to achieve this look – create a dramatic setting sun with just a few strokes and with the flick of the wrist paint the palm fronds – this oneRead more ⟶
Loose Watercolor Sunflowers
Today and for any skill level, let’s capture the essence of sunflowers with their bright yellow petals and captivating shapes in this easy loose, intuitive calligraphy style with watercolor bringing them alive. Plus a new way to paint a background that will inspire you to experiment and play with your colors in creative ways. SoRead more ⟶
Watercolor Brush Sketching Explained
Watercolor brush sketching is a technique I’ve recently developed that involves creating quick, spontaneous, and expressive artworks using watercolors and brush pens of various types. It captures the essence and impression of a subject with loose brushwork and powerful line work. It’s minimal but strong on detail, and focuses on capturing the overall mood orRead more ⟶
Painting the French Ambiance
As you know, I am lucky enough to live in France, in Brittany in the far west of the country. So here is a little painting which reflects the mood or ambiance of France, plus some whimsical touches which reflect how I would like to see the country looking at its best! Capture the moodRead more ⟶
Sea Biscuit Meditation
I found this Sea Biscuit on the beach in the Bahamas years ago and have carefully kept it with my collection of found shells. I didn’t know it was called a Sea Biscuit and thought it was a Sand Dollar, but they are actually quite similar. I decided to paint a meditative painting of them,Read more ⟶
Potty about Pots
Inspired by the fascinating designs found on pots made in Kashmir I have branched out into negative painting today! If you’re not keen on trying to draw a symmetrical pot you can find a sketch here which will help, with a few different shapes to choose from. I’ll leave the surrounding leaves up to yourRead more ⟶
Dive into Colour Mixing with Gouache
One of the sometimes frustrating things about watercolor which we all come up against is the difficulty in making alterations to your painting if you don’t like what you have painted. Yes, you probably can lift out some of the colour you’ve applied, you can keep going, and add pen or other features. But oneRead more ⟶
Pretty Vintage Birdcage with Flowers
So why shouldn’t you fall in love with your art? Well, that’s not what I mean! Someone said to me once – or maybe I read it – I suspect it might have been Ron Ranson or Roland Hilder – that it is risky to become attached to a small section of your painting whileRead more ⟶
Lavender Blue, Dilly Dilly
The lavender in our garden is in full flower at the moment and looking lovely. So here is a very quick idea for a couple of lavender themed bookmarks that you might like to add to your repertoire. It’s easy to give them your own personal twist by varying the colors and the supporting castRead more ⟶
If I jump, will I fly?
Painting without a plan has something in common with bungee jumping. Although you know it probably won’t hurt and could be exciting, you’re still pretty nervous about stepping off the edge and letting gravity do its work. There are days when I know exactly what I’m going to paint. Tomorrow for example I know I’mRead more ⟶
Don’t watch this video!
Don’t watch this video if you are looking for slick polished content with not a second of breathing space between words! Don’t watch if you want to see a performance of dazzling skill, impressive mastery of a demanding medium over a tricky subject, or a humbling demonstration of nineteen different tricks you should have knownRead more ⟶
Easy-Peasy Bumble Bee-Zee
Our garden is full of bees at the moment, bumble bees, honey bees and various other types of bee, all buzzing around merrily pollinating the flowers which are merrily giving me hay fever! So today I thought I would paint three quick bumble bees in my loose style, accompanied by some equally loose floral elements.Read more ⟶
From the Archives
Watch this video if you have either of these questions going round in your head: Both these problems are answered in this video which gives you a glimpse inside my studio where the paint gets stuck in its tube, the brush gives up the ghost and I get covered in blue!
Tufted Titmouse and Friends
This tiny bird is very hardy and manages to survive in the far north of America even in the bitterest of cold winters. They are clever birds who store food in cracks in tree bark or in holes, and they manage to remember – unlike squirrels – where they have left the food and canRead more ⟶
Modern Mandala Painting
Painting a Mandala Today I thought it would be nice to do a mandala in watercolor and to talk a bit about what they are and why they bring so much into our lives, if we let them. Mandalas are traditional designs based on religious motifs which originate from the Buddhist and Hindu traditions andRead more ⟶
Delicate Dragonflies
It’s been a minute or two since I last painted dragonflies, so today’s video is a treat for me and you. Scroll down to the bottom of this post if you want to see links to some of the dragonfly videos I’ve published before. You can find others if you simply search on google forRead more ⟶
Unboxing the Meeden Artists Watercolor set of 24 colors
Meeden Art recently sent me a 24 color set of their 12ml tubes of Artists Watercolors to try out. It is a remarkably low-priced set and I knew I would be very interested to see what colors were included in the set, and to give them a road test to see how they compare withRead more ⟶