I have written this as a very general guideline for people just getting started and trying to figure out what to buy. If you are interested in some more details around watercolour materials, I have put some more detailed information on materials here.

If you need t...

Painting En Plein Air – Sandspit Reserve

This week I met some of my students for a plein air painting session, in Sandspit Reserve, Waiuku.

A fair bit of planning had gone into the day, particularly choosing the location.  We would liked to have planned the weather to, a...

I’ve just returned from a week painting in a small village in New Caledonia. It came about as a result of a very unexpected invitation!

I teach watercolour classes, both week days and weekend workshops, around Auckland. I also give private classes when requested, and ha...

Once a term I run a floral session with my weekly classes. Everyone brings in flowers, home grown and bought, and we fill the space with colour, shapes, scents and texture.

It always seems a shame that we only use the room for a few hours when it looks so amazing and is...

People often come to my watercolour classes because they want their work to be looser, fresher, or more ‘painterly’. I don’t think I have ever had a student whose aim was to produce more careful, or tighter paintings!

Painting flowers can provide a wide range of opportu...

Some of my recent abstract floral work has generated quite a bit of interest. Its a fairly new series for me, and one I am having a lot of fun with. Some pieces have sold from my facebook page and website before they are even back from the framers, and others have spar...

‘Edges’ in watercolour refers to a particular quality of marks made using watercolour. A brushstroke of pigment applied to dry paper may have a very definite, ragged or crisp edge. The mark made by applying that same brushstroke to damp, or wet paper, will create an en...

On Saturday 19 March, Artists in Eden Day celebrated its 29th birthday! It is Auckland’s longest running art event of its kind and a celebration of some of the art talent which is such an integral part of the Mt Eden community. 

I stumbled across this event many...

Saturday 12 March, 2016, 6pm to midnight

Auckland Arts Festivals one-night arts extravaganza White Night is back!

All across town, inside and outside at over 100 venues and locations, artists, performers, musicians and makers of all description invite you to inspect,...

My latest range of Greeting Cards have arrived!

These gorgeous cards are satin coated on the outside for better colour reproduction, and the inside is left uncoated for you to write a message.

They come with colour lined envelopes (lime this time!) and are tied in gif...