I’ve just completed the first six weeks of my big European trip and I’m not quite halfway through yet! I’ve had a fantastic time but it has been a very intensive period of work – teaching four Palladian Odyssey Tours (each one being 6 days in length). Most of the other days have been in...
CONTINUE READINGI’m in Italy for 6 weeks, teaching four x one week tours – two in Umbria and two in the Veneto. In between Umbria and Veneto tours, Mike and I decided that we needed a week break to rest and recharge our batteries. I decided to spend my week in Marostica (a small beautiful medieval...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve just finished our first Veneto Tour for this year and it has been an incredible week. Once again we had a fantastic group of sketchers (from Australia, New Zealand, UK, France, Canada and USA) and we had a lot of fun hanging out in this beautiful and interesting part of Italy. During the week...
CONTINUE READINGAnother quick post to make sure you all know about the 30×30 direct watercolour challenge for the month of June. It’s hosted by Marc Taro Holmes and Uma Kellar – check out their posts to find out more about it. I will be doing the challenge almost by default as I am travelling for the...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s hard to believe that after all our planning that the 2019 Palladian Odyssey Tours in Umbria are finished. The second tour was as incredible as the first one, despite extremely challenging weather conditions (more about that shortly!) My biggest thought a few days after the second tour finished is that the most important part...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been getting numerous comments on Instagram from people assuming that I’m using a lot of Buff Titanium. I’m not!!! I do use it a little Buff but… sharing my big secret here… my main way of capturing the Umbrian stone is a mix of these three colours with a lot of water. I’m currently...
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