Line and Wash Buildings

I’ve been loving making these little building sketches in line and wash so I suggested on my YouTube channel, making a regular feature of them. I’m aiming for one a week. Below is my line and wash playlist if you want to watch all the videos made so far.
The Harbour Inn | A Watercolour and Pen Project

I took a walk at Newhaven in Edinburgh recently and loved the sense of being in a small fishing village, even though I was not far from home and still right in the city. Edinburgh has the most diversity of any place I’ve known; there’s the ancient old town, the stately Georgian new town, you […]
Draw a House in Perspective

There are some really simple perspective rules that you can follow to draw any building and make it look realistic. In this video I talk about two point perspective and give you an example of using it to draw a house. The house I drew is in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh and is known […]
Painting a House Portrait | A Watercolour and Pen Project

Painting buildings and houses is fun and can be a great way to get started with painting in watercolour. It’s all about breaking down buildings into simple shapes. In this project I use a photo of an Edinburgh house to demonstrate my process. This can be a wonderful project for someone you love who has […]