

3rd and last day of Chettle summer school 2025 and...
...what a fabulous three days it's been, with so much fantastic work produced. Many have gone away with work to be continued at home...


Another lovely day, Chettle 2025 day 2.
Great progressions today as working drawings were converted into paintings. Some really good experiments going on and lots of...


A lovely start to Chettle Summer School.
We talked about structures in the landscape and how the shapes can help to describe depth and distance. We were looking at different ways...


Chettle Summer School nearly upon us!
!3th, 14th and 15th July inclusive, I'm looking forward to seeing all those booked in for three solid days of art. We have a theme this...


Really enjoyable workshop today looking at tonal still-lifes.
Some followed the lesson but quite a few came with their own projects from home (which I encourage). Many students were pleasantly...


SUNDAY WORKSHOP JUNE 15th 2025: Tonal Still-Life, charcoal, chalk and pastel
I'll be asking my students to bring a good complex still-life from which to work. We'll be looking specifically at tone and contrast with...


A lovely workshop today with fabulous results.
We were looking at the work of well known artists and responding to examples of their paintings. Students learned a great deal about the...


SUNDAY WORKSHOP May 18th - Re-interpreting a well known painting.
It's been very common for artists to choose a well known work of art an re-interpret it in their own style. Picasso was a master at this....


Some posts are no longer in order...
I accidentally deleted some and managed to retrieve a few but everything is back out of order...Computer thumbs!! Anyway here's a picture...


Japan is looking as lovely as ever...
Having a lovely time, great to see the family - very changeable weather, hot & sunny, cold and wet! We're just in time for the cherry...