King Henry VIII is best known for seeing off a few of his wives and for the English Reformation. You can see some highlights of his reign in this infographic…
Enjoy this lovely example of Gymnast wall art. The ink and coloured pencil painting of a gymnast balancing on a beam has recently taken joint top position on a competition…
Here are a couple of watercolour caricatures I made the other weekend when I had some time to kill. Actually, watercolour and a bit of coloured pencils, I do like…
It can be hard to gauge the exact amount of paint that’s needed for a painting. Rather than waste any paint that’s left over (oil paint isn’t cheap you know!)…
Should ballerinas be slender and svelte? Well these ones aren’t and they look nice and elegant to me! I had a trial pack of Stonehenge Aqua watercolour paper lying about…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has had to send a letter to the EU asking for an extension so it no longer looks like Brexit will happen on the 31st of…
A Roman Legionary Painting There was a Roman re-enactment at Dover Castle in the first week of August – Clash of the Romans – with two teams taking part in…
On a visit to HobbeyCraft earlier in the year I picked up a booklet of watercolour postcards, Aquafine by Daler Rowney, got home and wondered what to do with them….
This month’s Virtural Paintout is in the Azores where this gentleman was captured waiting for a bus.