Red Kite Painting
My latest commission, finished for Christmas 2024. A large red kite painting inspired by Wales’ national bird. Painted for a client with a passion for Wales’ red kites and to remind him of seeing these… Read More »Red Kite Painting
More Skokholm Island Bird Paintings
Skokholm Island Bird Paintings I had the pleasure of being invited back to Skokholm Island Bird Observatory, off the coast of Pembrokeshire, this year (May 2023) to paint the latest ‘rare bird’ to turn up… Read More »More Skokholm Island Bird Paintings
Skokholm Bird Observatory Paintings
Skokholm Island Bird Observatory Paintings As is the tradition on Skokholm Island, where I spent 7 wonderful days last week (May 2022), the finder of rare birds paints them for posterity on the toilet wall… Read More »Skokholm Bird Observatory Paintings
How To Stop Your Oil Paint Drying Out On Your Palette
Oil paint can be expensive, and the last thing you want is to waste it because it dries out on your palette in between painting sessions. Your paint drying out is of course a pain,… Read More »How To Stop Your Oil Paint Drying Out On Your Palette
How To Get All The Paint Out Of A Tube Of Paint
How To Get All The Paint Out Of A Tube Of Paint Whether you paint with oils, acrylics or watercolours, having to leave that last bit of good paint in the tube because you simply… Read More »How To Get All The Paint Out Of A Tube Of Paint
Oil Painting Videos, Painting Outdoors In Wales
Oil Painting Videos, Painting Outdoors In Wales Filmed on my painting adventures, short plein air pochade box painting videos – Visit my Youtube channel to subscribe and watch more videos. Filmed on a blustery west Wales… Read More »Oil Painting Videos, Painting Outdoors In Wales
How To Get A Dent Out Of A Painting Canvas
How To Get A Dent Out Of A Painting Canvas No matter how careful you are you’re probably going to hit or knock your canvases at some point and get a dent in them. As… Read More »How To Get A Dent Out Of A Painting Canvas
Stiwdio 3 Art Exhibition | Cardigan
This exhibition at Stiwdio 3 Gallery was by a group of local artists who form the Cardigan Art Society, including myself – “The Albion Exhibition” was to help mark Cardigan town’s commemorations of it being… Read More »Stiwdio 3 Art Exhibition | Cardigan
BERGHAUS Advertising Artwork Project
BERGHAUS Advertising Artwork Project I was recently commissioned by the outdoor clothing company Berghaus to produce some original artwork for their 2018/2019 #timetogetout advertising campaign. They needed four original oil paintings featuring mountainous landscapes, to… Read More »BERGHAUS Advertising Artwork Project
How To Repair A Damaged Or Ripped Canvas Painting
How To Repair A Damaged Or Ripped Canvas Painting No matter how careful we are with our artwork, canvas paintings can get damaged. Some of the most famous paintings in the world have sustained damage… Read More »How To Repair A Damaged Or Ripped Canvas Painting
6 Tips That Will Save You Money When You Frame Your Paintings
6 Tips That Will Save You Money When You Frame Your Paintings One of the biggest costs when exhibiting your artwork is the cost of the framing. High quality professionally made frames, which are exactly… Read More »6 Tips That Will Save You Money When You Frame Your Paintings
How To Protect Your Carpet/Floor When You’re Painting
How To Protect Your Carpet/Floor When You’re Painting When I moved into my home in 2008 I decided one of the bedrooms was going to be my art studio. I was having carpets fitted throughout… Read More »How To Protect Your Carpet/Floor When You’re Painting
The Importance of Life Drawing | Guest Post by Artist Bern Ross
Life Line The new art student walks into the college studio and is confronted with a naked person. Here is nude person standing in the middle of the room, staring out the window and surrounded… Read More »The Importance of Life Drawing | Guest Post by Artist Bern Ross
How To Varnish A Painting
How To Varnish A Painting Let me start by saying, there is no actual need to varnish a completed oil painting if you don’t want to. Oil paintings dry to a very robust finish, and I know… Read More »How To Varnish A Painting
How To Paint With Acrylics, Starting Out | Guest Post by Artist Karen Berisford
How To Paint With Acrylics, Starting Out | Guest Post by Artist Karen Berisford Looking to start out with acrylic paints and not sure what you need or where to start? This article offers advice… Read More »How To Paint With Acrylics, Starting Out | Guest Post by Artist Karen Berisford
The Painting Glass Is ALWAYS Half Full | Guest Post by Artist Ian Holtedahl-Finlay
Last night I had arranged to give my daughter’s best friend some tuition. She’s crazy-keen on art and had been given some acrylic paints but didn’t really know what to do with them. I work… Read More »The Painting Glass Is ALWAYS Half Full | Guest Post by Artist Ian Holtedahl-Finlay
3 Youtube Painting Videos Every Artist Should Watch
3 Youtube Painting Videos Every Artist Should Watch Over the last 10 years Youtube has become increasingly popular worldwide, and is now the second largest search engine, after Google. For artists, Youtube in an invaluable… Read More »3 Youtube Painting Videos Every Artist Should Watch
Why Is Northern Light Best For Artists?
Why Is Northern Light Best For Artists? In the northern hemisphere, northern light is said to be the best light in which to create art, and this is true, but why is that? Initially, we… Read More »Why Is Northern Light Best For Artists?
How To Make Your Own Painting Video
How To Make Your Own Painting Video Instead of painting today, I spent the morning trying out some new software called Youtube Movie Maker. This is FREE software that anyone can download, and enables you… Read More »How To Make Your Own Painting Video
Fox Painting, Step by Step Demo
Fox Painting, Step by Step Demo Inspired by a family of foxes I’ve been watching playing and feeding in the field behind my house here in Cilgerran, I created this fox painting. It’s quite a… Read More »Fox Painting, Step by Step Demo
Outdoor Painting in Wales (Plein Air)
Outdoor Painting in Wales (Plein Air) There’s nothing quite like painting outdoors, immersed in nature with the sun of your face as you paint. It’s a very different experience to painting indoors. One of the things… Read More »Outdoor Painting in Wales (Plein Air)
20 MORE Funny Art Quotes, Cartoons and Memes
20 MORE Funny Art Quotes, Cartoons and Memes Following on from my post 30 Funny Art Cartoons, Memes, Images and Art Quotes below are 20 more funny art quotes, memes, cartoons and thought provoking images… Read More »20 MORE Funny Art Quotes, Cartoons and Memes
Barn Owl Painting
Barn owls aren’t as widespread in the UK as they once were, diminishing suitable hunting habitat as a result of modern intensive farming methods being just one of the reasons. However, if you go to the… Read More »Barn Owl Painting
Kingfisher Painting in Oils
Kingfishers are mesmerising little birds, usually only seen flying past at break-neck speed. Our local wildlife centre here in Cilgerran in west Wales has a healthy population of kingfishers and we’re lucky enough to see them regularly. I’ve painted kingfishers before, but this kingfisher painting was a little different and an exciting challenge. See below the stages as the oil painting progressed from start to finish…
New Zealand Art Exhibition – Xmas 2015
I’m thrilled to have some of my work on display in New Zealand at the Marlborough Art Society’s Members’ Holiday Exhibition 2015/16. Exhibition Season: 19th December to 3rd January (closed Christmas Day and New Years… Read More »New Zealand Art Exhibition – Xmas 2015
How To Post Prints & Paintings Safely
Cardboard postal tubes are great for posting anything that can be rolled, we’ve all seen them or have bought things that were delivered in them, but if you use tubes as a delivery method for your… Read More »How To Post Prints & Paintings Safely
30 Funny Art Cartoons, Memes, Images and Art Quotes
30 Funny Art Cartoons, Memes, Images and Art Quotes We’ve all seen those art based funny images, memes, and info-graphics as we surf the internet. Some make us laugh, some make us sad, some inspire… Read More »30 Funny Art Cartoons, Memes, Images and Art Quotes
Stainless Steel Brush Washer – Why It’s The Best Brush Cleaner You Can Get
Stainless Steel Brush Washer – Why It’s The Best Brush Cleaner You Can Get I bought a couple of Winsor & Newton brushes once, they cost me about five pounds each and I ruined them… Read More »Stainless Steel Brush Washer – Why It’s The Best Brush Cleaner You Can Get
How to Commission a Painting
Commissioning your own painting is easier than you think, and the term ‘commissioning’ simply means that you contact an artist and ask them to create a painting specifically for you, whether that painting is a… Read More »How to Commission a Painting
Kingfisher Photographs & Video
Kingfishers ( Alcedo atthis ) are surely one of Britain’s most beautiful birds, and the Teifi valley here in west Wales has a very healthy population. Of all the UK’s birds the kingfisher is perhaps the… Read More »Kingfisher Photographs & Video
Otter Photographs and Video, Welsh Wildlife Centre
As an artist I love painting wildlife, but you can’t beat just watching wildlife and being immersed in nature. I’m lucky, in that I live within a couple of miles of one of the best… Read More »Otter Photographs and Video, Welsh Wildlife Centre
Pwerdy Powerhouse Llandysul – Summer Art Exhibition
This year the Pwerdy Powerhouse in Llandysul, Carmarthenshire is having it’s first large summer art exhibition, where over 100 local artists, including myself, are exhibiting their artwork for a month. It’s the biggest art show west… Read More »Pwerdy Powerhouse Llandysul – Summer Art Exhibition
Cardigan Art Society Summer Exhibition
This year the Cardigan Art Society are holding their summer exhibition at the Mwldan theatre in Cardigan. It’s a amazing show, with many talented artists taking part and a wide variety of styles, subjects and… Read More »Cardigan Art Society Summer Exhibition
Why A Glass Palette Is The Best Palette You Can Get
Why A Glass Palette Is The Best Palette You Can Get The one thing I would recommend ever artist use is a glass palette. You can buy one from a art suppliers, or like me,… Read More »Why A Glass Palette Is The Best Palette You Can Get
Skomer Island Puffin Watching
Skomer Island’s reputation as a sea bird paradise is world renowned, and although I’ve lived in West Wales most of my life I’d never managed to make the short boat trip over to see the… Read More »Skomer Island Puffin Watching
Elenydd Wilderness Hostels Painting Commission
I was recently commissioned by the Elenydd Wilderness Hostel Trust to paint ‘Ty’n Cornel’, one of their hostels high up in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales. Ty’n Cornel has been called the most remote… Read More »Elenydd Wilderness Hostels Painting Commission
Welsh Wildlife Centre | Art For Sale
I’m thrilled to now have a selection of my original artworks and fine art prints permanently on display and for sale at the Welsh Wildlife Centre in Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire – you’ll discover local welsh landscape paintings… Read More »Welsh Wildlife Centre | Art For Sale
Pendre Art Gallery in Cardigan
I’m thrilled to now have my work exhibited at the Pendre Art Gallery in Cardigan. Situated at the top of the main shopping street in Cardigan, the Pendre provides a window on the world of… Read More »Pendre Art Gallery in Cardigan
Puffin Painting in Oils, Stage by Stage.
We recently took a boat trip to wonderful Skomer Island, an island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, here in west Wales. Skomer is known as one of the best places to see puffin worldwide, and we weren’t… Read More »Puffin Painting in Oils, Stage by Stage.
How To Photograph Your Artwork And Get Professional Results
How To Photograph Your Artwork And Get Professional Results With all the advanced camera equipment around today you’d think taking high quality photographs of your paintings would be an easy thing to do, in fact… Read More »How To Photograph Your Artwork And Get Professional Results
How To Use A Pochade Box, And Where To Get One
How To Use A Pochade Box, And Where To Get One What is a pochade box? Unless you paint, you’ve probably never heard of one, but the term ‘Pochade’ is derived from the nineteenth century… Read More »How To Use A Pochade Box, And Where To Get One
Why You Need To Keep Work Space Tidy
Working in a complete shambles of a studio might feel very ‘arty’ and freeing, but if you’re trying to run a successful business and keep your paintings and your painting gear in top condition, it’s not the best way… Read More »Why You Need To Keep Work Space Tidy
How To Transfer A Photograph To Your Canvas or Paper For Painting
How To Transfer A Photograph To Your Canvas or Paper For Painting So you’ve just taken the most amazing photograph of a Tiger at the zoo and you would quite like to paint it –… Read More »How To Transfer A Photograph To Your Canvas or Paper For Painting
10 Great Tips That’ll Help You Get Your Art Accepted Into A Gallery
10 Great Tips That’ll Help You Get Your Art Accepted Into A Gallery Getting your artwork on display to the public for the first time can seem very daunting, and the thought of wandering into… Read More »10 Great Tips That’ll Help You Get Your Art Accepted Into A Gallery
How To Start Painting With Oils – 3 Things You Need
Like most other professions, hobbies or pastimes, oil painting comes with a overwhelming array of extra equipment, accessories and latest must-haves, that some people will say you need if you’re serious about making great art.… Read More »How To Start Painting With Oils – 3 Things You Need
How To Paint Loose Paintings.
Hi Everyone, and a warm welcome to my painting blog. You may have gathered from elsewhere on my website, that I was overseas painting in New Zealand for a few months over Christmas and New Year.… Read More »How To Paint Loose Paintings.
