Tag: Oakham
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Splash!
I’ve been so looking forward to this, the first acrylic painting workshop of 2026 and, as ever, it was everything I have come to expect and more. Everyone embraced new techniques and, following step by step instructions, painted a super picture while still managing to put their own stamp onto the finished piece. Seeing technically…
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Degas, eat your heart out
Who says you can’t whip up a ballerina in acrylic in two hours! Lovely to see the group this morning, ready to accept the challenges that painting people always bring. Well done everyone! I can’t believe the year is nearly over and that was the last painting workshop of 2025. More dates are up in…
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Brrrr
Another fun evening at The Old Buttercross, Oakham, last night. Wonderful to see some familiar faces as well as some new ones. This month it was the crisp and even winter woodland walk in acrylic and, as ever (with just a little help from some bubbly) all the results were amazing and as individual as…
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River Etive and Buachaille Etive Mòr
From a beautiful photograph (courtesy of James Booth) of Autumn in all its glory with the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands, came today’s painting workshop. I had a lovely morning welcoming regulars, as well as some new faces, getting to grips with a palette knife to create some colourful landscapes. As ever, super results with…
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Busy busy.
What an amazing couple of days. 25 artists for the rainbow highland coo Paint & Prosecco at the Old Buttercross, Oakham. It was a roasting hot evening but we managed to produce a fantastic collection of coos! Thanks to everyone for coming along, some not for the first time. See you again soon. Then a…
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Mucho Guano
Inflicting another holiday snap onto my students, this week’s class was experimenting with vertical multicolour brush strokes, to imply rocks, and simplifying shapes, to create straightforward repeatable images of gulls and guilimots (we think 🤦🐧🐦⬛). Nice!
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Oakham Sketch Club
I realised the other day the Wednesday evening sketch club started 18 months ago when I finally admitted to myself that my motivation is sometimes (aka often 😬) lacking when it comes to practicing my drawing. I teach the importance of drawing skills as fundamental to progressing one’s art but ‘finding the time’ has always…
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Kentish Lobster Pots
More inspiration from my trip to Kent. This time, enjoying a fisherman’s roll (loads of battered fish scraps, covered in tartar sauce, in a soft roll (😋) courtesy of the Dungeness Snack Shack) looking out over this pile! Couldn’t not, really.
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Painting the Algarve
I had my holiday in the Algarve last year. Not the first time I was there but the first time in over 50 years! I was so taken with the colour of the cliffs against the sky and the sea that I had to create a painting workshop to celebrate it. The picture was of…
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Orchid Day
Following on from the very first beginners watercolour class at the studio, term two is underway with a look at painting in a botanical style. Starting by studying our orchid, looking at the plant structure and thinking about how the flowers are made up. Then looking at paint techniques, using a ‘tea’ glaze to build…