Iris reticulata pretending to be candles in the french window, a white dog instead of snow, and all the irises out now, with their wonderful sweet scent. finished just as the light was going
painted from life, January 2024,
Watercolour on hot press 300 gsm paper, 16 x 12”
Prepping canvases, studio study from life, January 2024, watercolour and pencil on 300 gsm hot press paper. 16” x 12”.
My main studio, the converted garage, despite the insulated box that it is, is too cold to use in the winter – that is, I can’t afford to heat it properly – and this back room has been a delight to work in – with watercolours I can paint anywhere in the house of course.
Watercolour on 140 gsm acid free cartridge paper, 2023, 24 x 20.5 cm
Keeping with the window theme.
Watercolour and pencil on 300 gsm cartridge paper mounted on stretched canvas, 2024, 60 x 42 cm. In January ’24 I responded to a challenge on Instagram to paint and post something from life every day, and this was one of the first I did, in my winter studio, ie the back room which has a wall of bookshelves and the french doors with steps to the garden. It also has a large daybed in it so not a lot of space …
watercolour and pencil on 300 gsm hot press paper, 20 x 20 cm.
SOLD. watercolour, pencil and acrylic on paper, 29 x 29 cm, 2023
A study for a small painting, watercolour and pencil on Daler Ivory 90 gsm paper, 21 x 21 cm, 2023
watercolour and pencil in A4 sketchbook, 2023, from walks in Kinclaven woods in Perthshire
watercolour and pencil in A4 sketchbook, 2023. a series of works from a walk in Kinclaven woods in Perthshire