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The inspiration for this painting came in an instant, during a visit to a formal garden. It was a very hot afternoon; the sun was beating down and my eyes needed a rest from the strength of the light.

Unless you do so exclusively in autumn or winter, painting the landscape in temperate climates will inevitably involve the use of green. If you’re not particularly bothered about realism, it is possib

Years ago, my eyes were opened to the economy and power of watercolour when I saw ‘View from Monte Mario of the River Tiber’ by Claude Lorrain in the British Museum. You can still relive the energy an

THIS IS FROM A QUICK PHOTOGRAPH I TOOK a couple of years back whilst in Rome before teaching in Tuscany. Most of the time I will find a clean spot to sit and do a sketch but here, coming from the Tras

Years ago, my eyes were opened to the economy and power of watercolour when I saw ‘View from Monte Mario of the River Tiber’ by Claude Lorrain in the British Museum. You can still relive the energy an

Every painter knows that feeling of failure when a painting “dies” on you. If you work thickly in oils and the picture dries, there’s not much one can do. However, once one has accepted that the pictu