Tag: painting

  • Ancient Greek Design

    We visited Mycenae while on holiday in Greece. The views were stunning, the size of it all was awesome, but what I enjoyed most was the museum and their collection of pots. The designs of the Mycenae period are quite sublime and I think we can learn a lot from the works of those masters.…

  • Browned Off

    Okay, so it feels like it’s been raining for ever, but that’s not why I’m browned off. I’m browned off because I keep keep gravitating towards Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber in my watercolour paint box. Brown, brown, brown. I learned a valuable lesson about water colours at art school. Colin McNaughton , the Children’s…

  • Sketchbooks

    What a wonderful thing is a sketchbook. I sat down at my desk this morning with a blank sketch page ready and open on my desk to start my next big project. First, I wanted to go back to my original inspiration. I was delayed at Bristol Airport, it must have been spring 2006, when…