Inspiration Journal: Winter Robin Watercolours I hope you’ve been enjoying the festive break and the countdown to the New year. I’ve been taking the opportunity to paint more robins in my loose watercolour style, and include some frosty background enhancements to reflect the cold winter weather we’ve been having lately. As you know, many of…

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Nature Journaling Since being introduced to nature jounaling expert John Muir Laws in my good friend Anna Mason’s online school last month, I’ve taken the opportunity to have a go at some nature jounaling myself. I’m so lucky that my studio backs onto the beautiful South Down hills where I live, where I can observe…

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Inspiration Journal: Nature Journaling Everyone’s talking about it! I thought for this month’s inspiration journal post, it would be a lovely idea to have a go at some nature journaling. It’s something I’ve been doing already within my own watercolour work, but I wanted to highlight the benefits further to this practice since nature journaling…

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Inspirational Journal: Painting Autumn Leaves Autumn is here! Without a doubt, this is my absolute favourite time of year. The colourful display which this season brings is truly breathtaking AND inspiring! I love to walk in the falling crisp leaves, and take in the spectacular colours which Autumn brings. I couldn’t resist collecting some of…

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How to Paint Loose Watercolour Leaves In this step-by-step guide, Ill show you how to capture the vibrant colours and textured form to some beautiful Autumn leaves – I’ve focused on one leaf in this mini study- the beautiful maple leaf as I love the shape and vibrant colours at this time of year. It’s…

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