Month: May 2020

  • A street scene

    A street scene

    I have been challenging myself to paint better street scenes. This watercolour is of Piampol, Brittany, France – my wife’s hometown. I did this in the studio but I wouldn’t mind being in France for June. That won’t happen of course because of the pandemic. I’ll just have to use my many photo references that I have amassed through the years. Have a nice, and safe weekend.

    Click the thumbnail below to see full sized image.

    Piampol
  • Gustavsbergshamn the watercolour

    Gustavsbergshamn the watercolour

    I published the YouTube video of me painting this watercolour yesterday. Here is the final painting. Today I am painting something totally different, life is always interesting for a watercolour artist. 🙂

    If you haven’t seen the video click this link here: Gustavsbergshamn – From sketch to final watercolour

    For a full sized image of the watercolour click the thumbnail below.

    Gustavsbergshamn
  • A new video at last. From sketch to watercolour Ep17

    After a little break I am back again producing watercolour videos.
    In this episode I travel to Gustavsberg which is 20 minutes from where I live. You will see how I develop a watercolour from simple outdoor sketch to the final painting.

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    Thank you.

  • Inspired by Turner

    Inspired by Turner

    It was early Saturday morning, I broke the plastic sealing wrapper from around a William Turner book I had purchased – The ‘Skies’ Sketchbook by David Blayney Brown. Once I had studied it for a while I had this enormous urge to get outside and paint some clouds. Luckily the sky was very beautiful during the weekend, the soft pillow type cushions sailed past quickly which meant the scene in front of me changed completely every few minutes. I sat in my new camper van at Nacka Strand protected from the cool wind, I was inspired and I enjoyed every moment of it.