Have sketchbook, will travel

Acclaimed landscape artist Sarah Adams shares how the tides, geology and ever-shifting light of the Cornish coast shape her immersive oil paintings

DRAWING IS GENERALLY where your practical artistic journey begins. A pencil or pen and a sheet of paper is all you need to doodle away. Outlines clarify information, making it easy to access the infor

I’VE BEEN QUITE CAPTIVATED BY URBAN LANDSCAPES LATELY. After completing a small series of paintings around Camden Lock in June – which I dubbed The Great Graffiti Search in my filmed walkthrough episo

40 years ago, I was first introduced to the art of small scale painting by a friend who painted miniature portraits. With her encouragement and seeing the variety of work at The Royal Society of Minia

Rock pools at Freshwater, Daler-Rowney Aquafine Watercolour Artboard (cold pressed surface), 11¾x16½in (29.5x42cms) This is a painting of rock pools near Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. Whilst I was

I first sketched out the main elements in 4B pencil, followed by wetting the entire sheet with a large mop brush and clear water, apart from the white walls of the buildings. Working top to bottom, I