Charcoal reductive drawing is a technique used to quickly establish dramatic lighting, focus on volume rather than line, while managing complex tonal values.

Week 5 of the Beginners Art Class, Autumn Term at Micklem’s Farm in Berkshire. ..

Weeks 3 & 4 of the Beginners Art Class, Autumn Term at Micklem’s Farm in Berkshire. ..

Stunning ‘Machine Embroidered’ pieces made by the students @micklemsfarm this week. Each student chooses their own colour scheme and uses the different stitches on their machines to sew it all together.

Why is it good practice to evaluate your work at the end of a piece?…

I’m really excited to have started teaching the Beginners Art Class, Autumn Term at Micklem’s Farm in Berkshire.

For a friend…

View from the ‘Auenfeldjet’ cable car, Arlberg, Austria.

Stunning ‘Machine Embroidered’ pieces made by the students @oxford_summer_school this week. Each student chooses their own colour scheme and uses the different stitches on their machines to sew it all together.

Fantastic results from the students who did the 3 day ‘Abstract Sunflowers Workshop’ @oxford_summer_school this week.

‘Painting out’ with Katy Walden @ Mill Garden, Warwick.…

Painting to a pre-defined, individually chosen colour scheme and planning a composition with distinctive tonal areas before adding detail in either paint or collage.

‘Tranquility’ between the pistes…

What do you ‘collect’ ??! Answers on a postcard…

A 3 day workshop where students Draw, Collage and Paint Sunflowers.

Winter Landscape. Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa

Read on for some ‘top tips’ on how to paint eyes…

‘Beginners Art Class’ Project…What will it will teach the students? …read on to find out…

St Ives Harbour Beach. Sgraffito in Acrylics…a project i’m looking forward to teaching to the Beginners Art Class.