As you can see, my style of painting varies widely from the realism of my acrylics to the relatively scruffy pen and wash works. ...

6” x 10” Watercolour. Bruce who we only had for a year but what a year. He loved a set of curtains to run up and rarely left my side. ...

It is many years since we lost Alex but I can remember him well. I set out go sketch him as I remembered him, sitting in the sunshine in...

I’m not sure how I managed to get this done, laid flat on our sofa with one of my current cats lying on my lap. The sketchbook was held...

When I began to work with Pen and Wash, I searched for the smoothest, brightest White surface that I coul find. Bristol Board gave the...

Although I was really happy with my first drawing of this wonderful example of Victorian architecture, I wanted to try it again for two...

Since acquiring my Fude nib pen last month I have tried various experiments: I have created sketches by first doing a pencil guide and...

I am really enjoying the interesting variations in line that you can achieve with a Fude nib pen. By way of experiment, I revisited a...

When I have done the initial drawing for a painting, I am often tempted to just leave it at that. Indeed, my family always urge me to...

In October of this year and, although I am not a particularly religious person, I was totally entranced by the Minster in York. For this...

My sketchbook pieces are some of my favourite works because they are generally done just for me and my wife as mementoes of a time or...

I was about to start painting when my wife needed a lift to the doctors. As it looked like I was in for a bit of a wait I grabbed an 8b...

My followers on social media will be aware that I’ve been exploring Pen and Wash sketching recently with architectural images that have...

I love sketching in my Moleskine sketchbook because these little sketches are done just for me. Sometimes they give me reference for...

This won’t make it onto the website for sale but people seem to like my sketchbook work. I was trying out new Inktense paints that I...

A sketch in the A5 Moleskine from my trip to the Lake District. A last minute dash to a cash machine gave me this view in a Keswick...

Watercolour is probably my favourite medium. Always exciting and unpredictable. You never know how the water and paint will react with...

The Moleskine is filling up nicely with this watercolour of boats at Blakeney on the North Norfolk coast.