Day 7 of the #stradaeasel challenge I have finished this painting I’ve been working on for the last few days. I do seem to paint very slowly at the moment but I’m so pleased I spent time changing the layout after the first day. That is t
Day 6 #stradaeasel Good progress on my still life today and it’s really nice seeing it start coming together. Looking forward to carrying on tomorrow once the light is back again. #stilllifepainting #paintingprogress #stradaeaselchallenge
Day 5 #stradaeasel As predicted I went into the studio this morning and realised my layout from yesterday just wasn’t right. So I started by making thumbnail sketches to help work it out. Then turned my board upside down, so I wasn’t di
Day 4 of the #stradaeasel challenge and it’s a work in progress. I’ve got the general layout done, although now I look at it again it’s not quite how I wanted it to be so I may change bits again tomorrow. It takes alot of time dec
Day 3 #stradaeasel A trio of old egg cups for today’s still life painting. They have all been presents from my mother over the years and sit on my kitchen dresser (gathering dust!). They are fun to paint, lots of slight variation in tone/valu
Day 2 #stradaeasel A lovely early paint today so the light was much better! The same cup as yesterday along side one of my baby money plants. A few more leaves on it since I painted it in November. Did anyone else wake up to snow today? The most b
Day 1 #stradaeasel I’d forgotten how the last thing I feel like doing on New Year’s Day is the first painting for the annual Strada Easel Challenge! So, a little still life study of a little cup. Rusty, tired, and lots of requests to p
I have loved making this collection of Little Paintings for you this autumn. Little friends snug and happy in their frames. Lots have gone but there are still some of my favourite still life and landscapes available so do have a look. Thank you so
I’m so pleased to release my collection of 14 Little Paintings which is now live on my website. I’ve really enjoyed painting these little still life and landscapes. Each one is a little friend! They are all framed and ready to hang so
Just as the frost arrives to get the last of the nasturtiums and dahlias, these brave little primroses have decided to pop out in my garden. I just had to paint a few of them in this little still life. They look so beautifully delicate and yet they a
I am always drawn back to painting my little French ginger jars, this time playing with the backdrop. It gives the jar a very different feel to the more neutral backgrounds I’ve used previously. This still life is part of my Little Paintings
It’s so nice at this time of year when the shops start selling tangerines with their leaves on! I really enjoyed painting this little still life with one of them sitting happily in a little stack of bowls. The orange went so well with the deep
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition is now online and is looking wonderful! The selection of paintings is so beautiful and they are all available to view and purchase on the @mallgalleries website now. (or link bio) I am so please
Here’s my next mini still life painting for you on this dark, wet stormy night (if you are in the UK then you know what I’m talking about!) I’ve enjoyed focusing on the colours in this one. The greeny blue and the hint of pink pea
A little painting of a young money plant just getting going. I like the simplicity of the shapes and colours, the leaves reaching out, the round flower pot and the cool shadow cast across the ground. It is one of a series of mini paintings I’v
I’m really pleased to be exhibiting with British Art Portfolio in their Autumn Exhibition which opens later this week in Guilsborough, Northamptonshire. Four Autumn Quinces and Four Bowls by a Pink Wall are two of seven paintings I have in the