Plein air painting, in historic Cambridge.

Plein air painting, in historic Cambridge. Beautiful doorway of Pembroke College. See some interesting things whilst out painting, like the car from Only Fools and Horses. Then there's of course the challenge of dealing with urban traffic, but he wasn't there for long and a good day painting was had.

Oil Painting Tutorial - Basic Paint Mixing and Colour theory

Recently, I completed my first instuctional video on Oil Painting - all done with a smart phone, bit of knoweldge of Photoshop, Audacity and Movie Maker. And of course oil painting

You can watch it here and let me know what you think.

***Postcard Originals***

What are Postcard Originals?
They are something new, Original works of art, painted by me, done to postcard size (17cm x 12.5cm. Original Art, postcard size. All £30.00 each. Message me to purchase

Cambridge Rower in Pencil and Watercolor.

Circus, Cambridge in Pencil and Watercolour.

Summer watercolour sketches

The english isle are beautiful, especially in the summer. Here's a couple of sketches done at the weekend.

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

On a rather cold today in Cambridge, but I still managed to knock out this watercolour and pencil sketch of The Fitzwilliam Museum. Just using three colours, yellow ochre, burnt umber and cobalt blue....having a limited palette really helps capture the tonality of this scene.

Inspiration comes from many places....

Never apologise for being an Artist (or doing what you love), or for pursuing your dreams.

 

 

In this society we're all expected to conform and do as others do, work in jobs which can make us unhappy...... that's fine until you can make enough to quit it, to do what you love doing with the talents you came into this world with.

I found this video about how one illustrator made a living in a non-linear way, by discovering what fascinated her and what she loved to do.

This would also apply to any non-artistic people finding themselves in a unhappy rut....discover what makes you happy and figure out how to make money from it.

The Great Outdoors!

After being indoors all day painting at the easel, in fact pretty much all week. I was in need of some open space, peace from the rat race and noisy neighbours, and to find my place in natural surroundings. I took myself off on my bike to Clayhaith.

Sunset, Clayhaith - David Wood

I did this watercolour sketch as the sun was setting, the atmosphere and colours were amazing.

For me twilight is the most mysterious and magical time when looking at the landscape. There are often amazing colours and harmonies to be seen and the contrast in tones pales out to beautiful hues. But once the sun had sunk the temperature also dropped dramatically, thoughts of hot tea and buttered toast, a warm abode and wishing I had brought an extra per of socks. Time to go home.