Painting mist

Painting mist

Last week’s Saturday class painting was about how to paint mist. In particular it was about painting mist around The Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney. The reference photo was provided by my friend Rob Weaver, The Backard Watercolorist, who...
Wet weather street painting

Wet weather street painting

Here is the wet weather street painting I did with my students last week. Actually the painting was completed over three classes. Here are the three main stages: Drawing a street scene The first week we covered how to draw a street scene. The key point is to start...
Painting light with watercolors

Painting light with watercolors

Recently I produced a couple of plein air paintings which I felt really captured the light. Painting light or how to represent light always fascinates me. So when I get it to work I am really happy. Both of these watercolor paintings were done at Yarramundi Reserve....
Plein air painting of pond, hills and reflections

Plein air painting of pond, hills and reflections

Recently I went plein air painting with my friends. We have a regular plein air day every Thursday. The group sometimes has eight or more people turn up and is a lot of fun. Most of the people who turn up to these plein air days are members of the Nepean Art Society,...
Watercolor painting of sheep on Australian farm

Watercolor painting of sheep on Australian farm

This watercolor painting of sheep was completed recently by my class. The week before I had conducted a workshop in the country and brought back some good reference photos. I was staying on a farm with loads of excellent painting subjects. As we hadn’t painted...