Learning to look

Put simply, tone helps the viewer decode what is in a painting by delineating shapes and describing surfaces by the amount of light reflected from them. A variety of tone can be interesting and create

AT THE HEART OF MY OWN PRACTICE lies observation and my wish to capture atmosphere of the place, wherever that may be. To achieve this, I like to work en plein air observing the new scenes and alla pr

Every room scheme in this smart west London home, created by Hám Interiors, illustrates how being confident with colour pays off

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED BY THE MONA LISA. Not just because it is famous, but because the more you look, the more you notice: the softness of the shadows, the quiet glow in the skin, the way the

Most paintings are based on an idea which is reduced to a pattern of lines, filled in with colours. Each element is dependent on the others, but because we see the real world in colour, the pigments w

There is that brief moment, each time we approach a blank canvas or a fresh page in our sketchbook, when things go quiet and we feel a pause. The bustle of thought softens, the hand hovering over the