Leisure Painter Mont Blanc

I'm delighted to see my article this month in the Leisure Painter magazine. 

This is part One, which explains my ideas for pulling a painting together, from the moment I'm inspired, quick outdoor sketches and then composition and colour mixing ideas in the studio. Painting in the Alps is a dream come true and been able to share this on my blog and also in Leisure Painter is really good.

I'm not sure why I have such a fascination with high Mountain peaks, but when you see the mist open, it's like watching something magical appear from behind the stage curtains. 

Maybe it's been outdoors at one with the elements.

But saying all of this, if you had seen me yesterday coming down a black non piste ski run. I was not totally at one with the snowy mountain peak, but after sliding down in a very Bridget Jones fashion I'm here in one piece to share this with you. There was certainly no sketches and not photographs of Aigle Noir and I'm not planning on returning to this painting location. I've decided I'm definitely a Cobalt Blue and Cadmium Red ski painter, I've never had black in my palette!

Well done Mum for taking the photo, the joys of technology on the Internet.

Leisure painter painting in Italy

Here I am sitting with James Martin busy clattering in the kitchen (on the TV ) about to start on the accounts!  I thought I'll just have a quick look, before I start at 'Leisure painter magazine web site. And what a wonderful surprise, I find that my article on Lake Iseo has been  painted in other styles and enjoyed by fellow artists. I'm sharing with you the second article, this shows how I tackled this stunning scene. To see it in publication is a real joy, but to read that other have enjoyed it too, is fantastic.

I have a painting holiday organised for 14th September 2013 for one week staying at the stunning Rivalago hotel on the shores of Lake Iseo. To paint and enjoy this inspiring area of the Italian Lakes I'm sure that any artist would enjoy and with just a maximum  of eight  places there is plenty of one to one tuition for beginners and Improvers of watercolours. For more details see here Painting in the Italian Lakes
or contact me at lakelandart@hotmail.co.uk to book your place and be inspired. Please note that the hotel is booking up very fast.

Here is the link to the Leisure painter magazine Leisure painter and now I better get on with the accounts!!

Proud as punch!

Autumn Walk painted in Acrylics
It's been an hectic week getting ready for my exhibition, a watercolour workshop on Wednesday and trying in vain to paint 'Ashness bridge' 3 times!! Once I'd started couldn't stop even though I kept thinking it's not going to plan!! But then today we got the exhibition up and organised which looks great seeing all your paintings together and framed up is a proud moment.I then heard that my article was also out in this months 'Leisure painter' and guess what !!! I'm on the front cover proud as punch!! Here's a link to the magazine
http://www.painters-online.co.uk/magazines/issue.asp?issue=134

p.s I will put Ashness bridge photo's on tomorrow