Dean Village Livestream

A sketch of Dean Village in Edinburgh

Supplies For this project I used: Moleskine 13x21cm Watercolour Sketchbook. * Winsor and Newton Professional Watercolour Paints in Burnt Umber, French Ultramarine, Quinacridone Gold, Winsor Blue and Permanent Rose. * Pro Arte Prolene Brush, Round size 6. Pencil and Eraser. * These are affiliate links and if you use them you’ll get 10% off your […]

Edinburgh Writer’s Museum in 2 Point Perspective

Supplies For this project I used: Arches 9×12 hot pressed watercolour paper block. Winsor and Newton Professional Watercolour Paints in Burnt Umber, French Ultramarine, and Quinacridone Gold. Pro Arte Prolene Brush, Round size 1 and 6. Uni-pin 0.4 fine liner pen. Pencil and Eraser. I like a mechanical pencil and a putty eraser, but anything will […]

Edinburgh New Town House

Supplies For this project I used: Arches 9×12 hot pressed watercolour paper block. Winsor and Newton Professional Watercolour Paints in Burnt Umber, French Ultramarine, Aureolin and Permanent Rose. Pro Arte Prolene Brush, Round size 1 and 6. Pencil and Eraser. These are affiliate links and if you use them you’ll get 10% off your first […]

3 Leafy Bookmarks in Watercolour and Pen

In this video tutorial, I show you how to draw and paint three different types of leaves; Eucalyptus, Olive and Fern. These make a great project for beginners to watercolour and would make lovely gifts for the readers in your life.

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.

Draw a House in Perspective

Painting 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

House Portraits

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 […]