Hello all, I hope you are well? As we step into autumn here in the UK its time to get cosy and work on with those rainy day projects. Over the summer my return to regular painting was somewhat hindered by the fact that I had forgotten how to paint and draw.. :D I thought…
Tag: Nature
New Painting – Colorful Bird
I’ve been been out on my bike again after quite some years of not cycling and it’s been great re-discovering parts of my area that I simply did not go to when I wasn’t on a bike. We have some great parks, woods and riverside walks etc in the local area which have been a…
Colorful Fish Painting
Hello everyone!! I hope you are well? I’ve always loved the beauty of forms and colours in nature. This painting represents a return to my first true love.. the natural world. From going on nature trails as a child to creating wildlife gardens as a teen and studying Biology at University my life has always…
New Tutorial* – Luna Moth Made With Watercolor Pencils
Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well during these difficult times, here is another virtual hug from me ((((Blog Readers))) I’ve made you a watercolour pencil painting tutorial to help pass the time and learn new skills. In this tutorial we will be creating a grid for drawing our moth, using a variety of…
Tree of Life painting – Acrylic on hot pressed paper
I’ve been thinking about this Tree of Life painting a lot recently, when I painted it I wanted to explore how the needs of a tree are very similar to the needs of a person. I placed those needs around the tree like the earth in which its roots could grow. As I take moment…
New horse sketch..
Helloooo! Happy Saturday! I’ve literally just finished sketching this horses head in charcoal, it’s the first time I used charcoal and it’s so lush. The background was made from layers of gold, yellow and brown paint. I need to make another of these in black paint as that was the original idea, but will keep…
New Painting * Elephant Hawk Moth – Acrylic on Canvas
I love painting moths! It has been a while since I’ve made a nature painting so I decided to paint a Elephant Hawk-Moth! The colours are delicious, like strawberry and lemon sorbet, it’s form is so sublime and aerodynamic that I decided to accentuate the lines to create an almost arrow-like shape. It makes me…
Hortus
I’ve finally finished my live cinema show ‘Hortus’ you can read a little about it below :) Hortus explores the relationship between natural and urban environments, it takes the viewer on a journey of discovery through the presence, form and processes of vegetal nature found throughout cities but often overlooked and ignored. Urban Nature Part…
The Thames Path: Man versus Nature
I’ve always had an interest in the ecosystems and habitats that interface built and natural environments, the places within cities and at their edges where nature finds a foothold largely ignored by people. It was with this in mind that I journeyed by bike along the Thames towards the Thames Barrier, searching for those magical…
Phloem 