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Windsor and Newton professional Water colour Sticks Yeeha! Windsor and Newton Professional Water colour painting sticks. I was given a few colours only 6 but, do ye know what, it’s enough for me to like them. Windsor and Newton Professional water colour painting...

Colours I use a lot firstly, may 2019 be a beautiful painting year with lots of success. I mainly use Winsor Newton pro. Paints. They have a fantastic range of 96 colours within their scope and the light fastness is excellent....

Lets get started Yaaaa! painting. wet on dry is another technique in water colours, simple to do but sometimes hard to remember why we use it. so listen to the video and I explain why. Don't forget to send me any questions you would like answering . Painting from...

I was chatting to a friend a good while back now and she mentioned to me about a place called Eagles Flying in Sligo. It was said to me in passing and to be honest I had forgotten about it. A few years later, I know I’m so bold, Mike and I were chatting about where...

At last here we go on this wondrous journey of water colour painting. If you have any difficulties don't hesitate to check me out. https://youtu.be/HJ0DT3X0gKM

Now in this short video I have explained just how to set up your table to work. sound a bit silly ? well the first time I started and was taught this I was hankering to get started . Now I realize just how important it is to set up your table right....

I wanted to have a chat to you before I started the beginners videos so I made a chat video for you https://youtu.be/gAxqZoGuCcI

I have so many people asking the question why? ho! Why should I stretch my paper. There are a few reasons why and I will go through them in bullet form. 1, If you are using 140LB weight paper or less ( the paper weight will be shown on the front of your pad) when...

I have a wonderful Labrador/collie cross dog, he is the kindest, gentlest animal and such a great pet. One thing that never ceases to amaze me about him is that he doesn't like water. It's the strangest thing from the breed that he is any way. Can you just imagine...

Morning wake-up. Have you ever got up in the morning and thought maybe I should have stayed in bed or maybe I should have gone shopping instead of going into the studio to paint? I have this quite often especially if I have had a bad sleep, but this is my Business...