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Distant mountains golden corn field and wild flowers of the season. Wax crayons, cling film and cotton wool and mixed media were used for...

Students first practiced tonal values in one colour of pencil in a grid then wet them to see the effect. They worked from feathers to...

Main inspiration for this class. Brilliant results from students.

Fun results in loose watercolour In fridays class at the Ten 2 gallery Hinckley a lot of painstaking controlled colour washes for these...

Brownsover art society invited me to run a half day workshop for their members. This was in my style of using water colour wax and ink. ...

Higham on the Hill church by my student Frank They worked on flat washes for the sky then added a distinctive silhouette of a sky line....

A complex painting of Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire was the subject for this class. Wonderful results were achieved with the aid of a...

Reporting on my trip to Norway on Fred Olsen's Borealis as Art tutor 1st -15th February 2025 First Stop Alesund this photo was taken from...

On 1st February I will be sailing on the Fred Olsen Borealis to teach the art classes. I cant wait to share the joy of learning water...

A fabulous voyage north up to Alesund, Tromso, Alta, Sortland and Bergan A selection of photos from my trip and if you would like to see...

A smashing time at Penn arts society where students created these paintings of my Japanese tree peony in its autumn colours. They tried...

The Floral Artists Society based in Leicester produced these fabulous paintings in the workshop held on Saturday 9th November.

On a very rainy gloomy day we had a lovely four hours in a warm cosy studio with daylight over head lighting. Plenty of hot drinks and...

The Leisure Painter has published my step by step article in their August edition out now here is how its turned out! Get this copy and...

Great results from a half day workshop at Ten 2 Gallery Hinckley LE10 1DD. Shown here are the tools, materials and aids for the lesson...

A super four hours created this excellent painting of Wisteria with Chinese brushes. Alan had the opportunity of one to one tuition with...

In the Monday afternoon Master class students were encouraged to draw what ever they fancied in oil pastel on Bockingford Not(rough)...

A Sunday workshop that was supposed to be a European canal scene but after a chat with these ladies we all decided for me to fill these 4...

Water colour classes at the Ten 2 Gallery Hinckley Leics . Students have done very well with this project as it takes some testing and...

Three beautiful Snap dragons that Arthur has grown. Who could resist painting these gorgeous colours. Starting with a pure lemon yellow...