Just returned from a teaching cruise on Cunard’s Queen Victoria. Met a great group of guests keen to try their hand at watercolours. Classes of around 25-30 for each gathering and some really good artwork produced during the two hours of each session. A big thanks to my invaluable “assistant” Pat and of course to all the guest artists , some very capable and others who classed themselves in the “Haven’t painted since School” category.  The important aspects... Read More »

I have this pile of sketchbooks in the studio, about 70 in total, dating back to the mid ’90s. My early sketchbooks are filled with holiday sketches and take me straight back to the time and place. I think when you sit and sketch a place you take so much more in than if you just take a quick snap on your camera and move on. Of course my quandary is what to do with them all. In the first place I have decided to go through each of them and decide which sketches are my favourite, or have a... Read More »

Just returned from a voyage on the Azamara “Quest” sailing from the Canaries to Cape Town via many fabulous destinations, not least being St Helena a little pimple of an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Teaching on the 11 sea days was great fun. Our classes were well attended with a great group of really enthusiastic guests. Many of them trying watercolours for the first time , although you might not believe that if you saw some of the pictures which were produced! There... Read More »