As the year comes to an end I thought it might be good to look back over the year to remind myself what I've been up to all year ........

Finally managed to build a new dedicated website for Botanical Art Online , my online courses! I  decided last week that it was high time I ...

Choosing the right paper for your work is so important, it can make a huge difference to the end result, and, to your painting experience...

Much as I'm enjoying these mini painting challenges I'm now way overdue in planning towards next years exhibitions. It's time to...

I'm a bit behind for reasons explained later but here's the painting started last week .... finally finished late last night. It...

This is my second work as part of the Collections series. I didn't want too many items on the page but feel this is a bit sparse. The su...

I've been painting on Kelmscott vellum for a number of years but recently tried the natural vellum for the first time. Both are availab...

Having finished the 30 Day Challenge last week, it feels like it shouldn't be over yet! So after a few days away in beautiful Amsterdam ...

Well that's it folks! last one....and it's an old brown conker. Would have liked to finish off with something a bit more impressive ...

A little bit late -  problem with Wifi overseas but got there in the end. Here's the penultimate offering in the form of a beech seed. L...