*A watercolour painting of a 10 fold Islamic geometric pattern from Istanbul (2019), finished with a shell gold outline, applied using a ruling pen*

Quick Guide: How to use a Ruling Pen

July 6, 2020

Hi everyone, hope you’re all doing well! I am really excited about this blog post as I have wanted to write it for a long time, but have never quite managed to get round to it. Over the years I have often been asked questions about how I achieve such straight outlines in some of my paintings, today I am hoping to share some answers and give you guys the information you need to try this in your own work if that’s what you want to do. Of course no tutorial or demo is ever perfect, so if you have any questions at the end of it - please do comment below and I will do my best to answer or to point you in the right direction!

Getting started with watercolour

June 12, 2020

At the end of 2019, I asked my Instagram followers what they wanted me to Blog about in 2020 and the overwhelming response I got was “Geometry and Watercolour”.

Well, its now June, we are a couple of months into the Corona virus lockdown and high time I got started…

So after a little thought and given there are already lots of free geometry resources available, I thought I would start by taking a look at getting started with watercolour!

This post will focus on paint and paper and will include some of my recommendations. If this is of interest read on! If not then we will see you next time :-)

Watercolour Snapshot - Jadeite Genuine

December 13, 2017

Welcome to the first post in a new series called "Watercolour Snapshot". These posts are intended to be a fun, quick look at how the paints behave and what some of their key attributes and properties are. Hopefully this will help you decide if these are colours you want to add to your own collections in the future.

Botanical Indian Miniature Painting - at The Prince's School of Traditional Arts (Day 1)

November 12, 2017

So it turns out a future career as an art blogger may not be on the cards for me, but I thought it might be nice to share a glimpse of what goes on when you sign up for a short course at The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London.

On Saturday the 4th of November, I joined what was the first session of

A Simple Watercolour Tutorial

May 3, 2016

Have you ever struggled when using watercolours? Do your paintings sometimes have visible streaks or lines once the paint has dried?

The simple lessons to learn are to pre mix your washes of colour and work quickly once you start painting.