September 2025 The return! Casa Rosa

Graham Thew November 12, 2024

This year’s art holiday was a great success and I am delighted to say Friendship travel have asked me to do it all over again next year. So 12-19th September we shall be returning the…Read More »

Casa Rosa Painting Holiday

Graham Thew

Just returned from Portugal where I was running an art course for a week. The Casa Rosa Villa is in Olhao in the Algarve and was a fab venue for the 12 students on the…Read More »

Olhao here we come!

Graham Thew October 21, 2024

looking forward to a week in the sun with some enthusiastic students at “The Casa Rosa” in Olháo a seaside town in the Algarve. We have 11 participants which means every room in the hotel…Read More »

Exhibition Success!

Graham Thew

Delighted to report one of my submissions to the Deeside Art Group’s Annual exhibition was awarded a prize during the judging. My multi-media piece called “St Ives from Smeaton’s pier was the winning entry. Great…Read More »

Workshop day with Deeside Art Group

Graham Thew

Enjoyed a lovely day with an enthusiastic bunch of artists from the Deeside art group. Because the usual venue was closed for refurbishment one of the group offered her beautiful home as the venue for…Read More »

A week in the Algarve Holiday

Graham Thew July 10, 2024

I am delighted to say I shall be teaching in the Algarve at the Casa Rosa again in 2025 ! I am looking forward to a week with 12 students this coming October and “Friendship…Read More »

Heswall U3A Demo.

Graham Thew April 24, 2024

I enjoyed a morning with Heswall U3A art group on Tuesday 24th April. A small but enthusiastic group who had asked me to do a demo which I could do in stages so they could…Read More »

Demo and workshop with Wallasey Arts Society

Graham Thew April 17, 2024

Thank you to the artists of Wallasey Arts Society for a fine welcome and their enthusiastic participation in some watercolour projects this morning. It was a real treat to visit Earlston Library in Wallasey. I’m…Read More »

Quick Watercolours for Workshops and demos

Graham Thew April 9, 2024

I am attaching here a sheet of watercolour exercises which students are free to download. Some of the icons have featured in my recent demonstrations and workshops. The idea being that they are a popular…Read More »

Urban Sketching in Chester.

Graham Thew April 7, 2024

Enjoyed a wonderful morning in Chester  (Saturday 6th April 2024) with a large group of Urban sketchers drawn from many different places, The “Draw on Tour” group were visiting and Liverpool decided to switch their…Read More »

Promising Students!

Graham Thew

Enjoyed a lovely morning in the studio attempting to teach a couple of pals the nuances of watercolour painting. Surprising how hard it can be when you know the people well to effectively teach in…Read More »

Wirral Open spring exhibition.

Graham Thew March 25, 2024

Delighted to have had two of my pictures selected for the Wirral open at the Williamson Art Gallery, and even more delighted to say that one of them sold! I thought the exhibition beautifully showcased…Read More »

New Year’s resolution

Graham Thew March 13, 2024

My New Year’s resolution was to post here much more regularly…..and now it’s March, how did that happen? 2023 was very busy with art projects, workshops, demos and the like and I thoroughly enjoyed each…Read More »

Avenue Art Group at Garstang

Graham Thew February 10, 2023

Enjoyed a super day last Friday with the Avenue Art Group up in Garstang. The workshop was focussed on a summer landscape in the “mosaic” style and they produced some very fine work . some…Read More »

Garstang Art Group.

Graham Thew January 22, 2023

I have been working on some ideas for a workshop and demo I shall be doing for Garstang Art group next Friday. The idea is to produce a sunny, summer,  landscape view. The style is…Read More »

Brilliant Cartoon.

Graham Thew January 11, 2023

I saw this cartoon on FaceBook and I think it is just brilliant! Many students in my classes hold the belief that skill in art is somehow something you are born with. It is not!…Read More »

Wirral Golf Club.

Graham Thew

Just finished a watercolour of Wirral Golf Club (formerly Wirral Ladies). the picture is taken from a sketch I did just before Christmas when we had the heavy frost and snow. It was a beautiful…Read More »

Queen Victoria Cruise sketches

Graham Thew November 30, 2022

As reported the other day I have just returned from a teaching post on Cunard’s Queen Victoria. We stopped at a number of interesting ports and enjoyed some tris ashore which of course included some…Read More »

Up and down on the Queen Victoria!

Graham Thew November 27, 2022

Just returned from a cruise on Cunard’s Queen Victoria where I was running some watercolour workshops. Super trip and was lucky enough to enjoy the company of some very fine artists in the classes. The…Read More »