"Summer Sunset" mini watercolours on Saunders Waterford paper from St.Cuthberts Mill.

"Summer Sunset" - Woolacombe Beach , Devon. 7 x 5 inches framed £35 Sold.

Thanks to the kind people at St.Cuthberts Mill, I received some watercolour samples to try. This is the first one that I painted on Saunders Waterford 300gsm Rough, and very nice it was too, a good paper that held the pigment well yet was still smooth enough to allow detail work. I will definitely be using this paper again!

Give it a try!

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" Where the waters meet" - painters in the mist

15 x 5 inches Oil on panel available framed £350 

The Devon 11 ventured out onto the coast for their bi-annual trip to Lynmouth, and despite tricky weather conditions, huge fun and some excellent painting was had. This was my favourite painting from the trip.
See more about the trip here. The Devon 11 blog.

The Harbour

60x16 inches oil on canvas Sold

Painting this large studio canvas up from my small 15x5 study was quite a challenge. You have to stand a lot further back a lot more often when working on this size. This was my choice of painting for the first exhibition of " The Devon 11", last weekend.

You can see the rest of the artists' work here.

Three Points

5x5 inches Oil on wood panel Framed £50 Sold
Atmospheric perspective is often difficult to achieve when painting a wide expansive stretch of coast.
With the elements of the composition overlapping, you get to feel the distance a lot more readily.
A lovely little sparkly day at the cove.

Lundy Sparkle

5x5 inch oil on panel framed £50 Sold

Conor Wilson and I, went out painting on Combesgate Beach last week, and discovered the joys of painting on small square panels. The speed that you can capture a study in was much quicker than with the larger panels we had used previously. Not to mention you don't need to mix so much paint up on your palette, which on a hot or windy day tends to dry really quickly, when you are using Alkyds.

We are both hooked on these little panels and will be using them a lot more this Spring and Summer.