Author Archives: karen

This week we are going to sketch some pink camellia flowers. I spent a happy hour sketching these flowers in my garden, and enjoyed reflecting the loose floppy construction of the flower in a loose sketch.… Read More

This week we are going down to the beach (virtually of course!), and painting some seagulls, and their reflections in the water at low tide.… Read More

This week we will be using the classic shape and form of feathers to refresh ourselves on colour theory and wet in wet paint mixing techniques, whilst achieving a very popular illustrative effect.… Read More

This week we will be painting some creamy white roses, in a coloured glass vase on a wooden table with background textiles. It looks simple but is deceptively complicated and may run over two weeks!… Read More

This week we will be having some fun with colour, using bright pigments to convey an illustrative style. I have created an street scene in a cartoon style where perspective, scale and colour are all distorted slightly to create an sense of altered reality where we can play with strong colours.… Read More

This week we have a street scene where the building materials are the same, so the colours are the same, and to give a sense of depth we will use tonal values and colour saturation to give the painting some light and dark areas.… Read More

This week we will be exploring tonal values and how they can help with creating depth and perspective in landscape painting.… Read More

This week we will be painting a deceptively simple still life, paying attention to shadows, highlights and creating the illusion of three dimensional objects.… Read More

This week we will explore the genre of domestic interior painting. Celebrating the compositional details to be found in the detailed depiction of a corner of our homes.… Read More