Inspirational Japan

Inspirational Japan

My muse – Mt Fuji. We’ve recently been travelling in Japan and Hong Kong and the trip was a feast of beautiful views and a source of so much inspiration. Over the next few months I’m going to share my creative journey. This is to show how valuable it is to have...
You Don’t Have to Paint the Telegraph Poles

You Don’t Have to Paint the Telegraph Poles

But sometimes the telegraph poles are THE THING! Inspired by driving along the Devon lanes in late summer early evenings, with the light splashing onto the telegraph poles. The effect was created in acrylic on canvas board by first painting the sky and cloud wet into...
Desaturation, brown and grey

Desaturation, brown and grey

To make a brown add any two opposites in the colour wheel. Ie. red and green, blue and orange, or yellow and purple. To make a grey add blue to brown and add some white. This is particularly useful In practice when you want to take the edge off a colour or grey it out...