2 Colour Simplicity
Your job as a painter is to simplify what you see and give it your own style. Your style grows of it’s own accord, so the question is, how MUCH should you simplify what you’re seeing?
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July 1 2019
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June 21 2019
Painting Live Motion
Painting waves from life, or anything that moves, is pretty tricky. Waves have the advantage of a repeating movement...
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June 21 2019
Greyscale and Thumbnail Colour Studies
Painting tips from my latest workshop in California.
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May 31 2019
Mastering Waterfalls Student Critiques
Critiques of several student paintings from the Mastering Waterfalls painting workshop.
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May 16 2019
MedARTation
12 minute painter's meditation at the beach to get you in the flow.
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May 15 2019
Painting Outdoors Inside
Sometimes you just can’t get out to paint... or maybe you’ve never tried and would like to ease yourself into it.
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May 6 2019
Waipu Painting Workshop Critiques
Critiques of 5 student paintings from the Waipu workshop.
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April 24 2019
Mastering Waterfalls
Waterfalls are one of the most alluring subjects for painters, but also one of the trickiest to get right. Learn the keys to painting successful waterfalls in this comprehensive and inspiring course.
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November 26 2018
Enhancing the Form
Simplifying form is one of the core skills of painting. As children we over-simplify forms, but as adult painters we tend to want to over-complicate them, adding in every little detail.
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October 23 2018
7 Things Sunset Painters Get Wrong
Seven things painters need to know to paint beautiful sunsets.
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October 1 2018
John Singer Sargent
Painting advice from one of the greatest painters of all time - John Singer Sargent.
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September 27 2018
Stretch Yourself
For an intermediate painter who wants to shake things up a bit I highly recommend breaking out some alternative colours, or making any other change that keeps the painting process playful and inquisitive.