I’ve returned to colour and skyscapes these last couple of weeks. I’m working on a decent scale and with oil paints so it takes a little longer (with drying time, etc). I felt a bit...

I came into the studio last week after several weeks of feeling under the weather. So I was still physically and emotionally quite low. I had a commission to make a start on and just didn’t feel...

Art & Soul had a visit this week from a couple of the team from arttutor.com – Hannah and Jon. They came to film us in our ‘natural environment’ and asked us if we had any...

I thought it was about time I updated my blog with some of my recent work. I hope you like them. As you can see, in these first two, I’ve returned to the theme of skies. I liked the drama of the...

Pendle Hill – dark and brooding. My latest pastel painting captures, I hope, a sense of the hill’s mysterious presence and history. Having lived in its shadow for most of my life, these...

I’ve lost count of the weeks, but I’ve recently been trying to push the boundaries of my own work. The image below is a semi abstract piece called ‘Red Sky at Night’. I used...

Here’s a link to Arttutor.com a Liverpool based company who have come up with a really clear format for online trutorials. Both me and Stephen Ormerod have been creating content for them...

Week 8 (I think) and here’s the latest piece called ‘Rain Sweeps over the Valley’. Painted on decent quality cartridge paper using black pastel and two shades of grey, it was all...

Week 4 and here’s the slightly moodier skyscape. I worked on a darker tone of paper for this one (burgundy coloured Fabriano Tiziano pastel paper) which added to the mood and showed...