Category Archives: Interesting

The Story of the Blues

I’ve always wondered about the history of certain paints and ultramarine has one of the [...]

Vermeer and Lenses

We’ve often spoken about the old masters’ use of lenses during class and one of [...]

Open House Exhibition 2018

Open House exhibition of paintings at my house and studio. December 7, 2018 I’m delighted to [...]

A Perfect Composition in Cotignac

Perfection: A happy Cotignac couple two-up on a Vespa in a flower-filled sunny Provençal street [...]

Influences: Paul Slater

I had an interesting conversation with a couple of my students the other day. At [...]

And the lucky winner of the oil painting Ophelia’s Sweetpeas is…

We finally organised the raffle draw after our last few visitors saw the exhibition: Ticket [...]

Making Stuff Up: Using your Imagination in your Art

Draw and paint from your imagination as much as you can. I often tell my [...]

All Mixed Up About Colour: Help with Understanding Colour for Beginner Painters

The Brentford Job. Acrylics on paper. Having difficulty with colour? People often do -and we’re [...]