Tag Archives: watercolour

RWS (painting) and RHS (gardening)

In the Autumn there will be an exhibition at Bankside Gallery to celebrate 210 years of the RWS and the RHS, (both founded in 1804). Just working out what to do and how to do it!

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A Window in St Ives

Work in progress – since returning from sunny St Ives been working on this, feeling OK about it so mustn’t fiddle too much.

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Watercolour Secrets

Published June 19 2014 – Bloomsbury Academic Can’t recommend this book enough obviously! But if you’re interested in how art gets made this is good.

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RWS Spring Exhibition 2014 Workshops/Talks/Events

Royal Watercolour Society Spring Exhibition at the Bankside Gallery  (between Tate Modern and the Founders Arms).  Nearest station Blackfriars. Every day 11-6 until 26 April. As well as the exhibition we have an exciting programme of workshops/talks/events – all of … Continue reading

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An extra reason to be cheerful!

Of course it’s always good to sell a painting, but it’s very nice when you also meet the buyer. This was painted in 2012 for the RWS Jubilee Exhibition and it’s the view from my window in Islington.

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This year’s Robin

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Watercolour Secrets

I’ve been working on a book – see title above. I know about book production / design / etc but you always forget how time consuming a book is – I guess it’ll be worth it in the end. Amazon … Continue reading

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Royal Watercolour Society Autumn Supper

Here we are at the RWS Autumn Supper on Sunday 3 November – it’s a wonderful society to belong to – we have 75  full members and at the moment about 6  Associates – we need more!! If you work … Continue reading

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54 The Gallery,Shepherd Market – TODAY!

Come along and see over 100 paintings and prints by 20 different artists. Prices from very small to a bit more – but all fantastic and a great opportunity to buy direct from the artist. There really is something for … Continue reading

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What I’ve been doing this week or why I haven’t managed to produce a new painting!

On Monday I inched a bit closer to finishing a project that I’ve been working on for a year. Then I met someone I was at school with for a cup of tea – must do it again soon. Tuesday … Continue reading

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