Super Size 'From My Camera Roll', first of 2025! (Patreon)

Hi everyone, for those I haven't already see in a livestream, I want to wish you a very happy new year! From the 28th December I was back at work but quite happily so. I have some projects I'm working on that I'm really enjoying and January feels like a great time to get your head down and stay at home (in my opinion anyway). I'm writing this as the afternoon fades away and snow is on the forecast. It's meant to snow all night and because I dont have anywhere to be, I'm relishing the thought.

Christmas Presents 1

One of my best friends has been taking pottery classes this year. I casually mentioned I'd be very interested in a palette. It was a real highlight of christmas day to open up a parcel of a palette and two water pots with my initials on! I haven't stopped using the palette, I love it so much!

Christmas Presents 2

Father Christmas also bought me a Bob Ross daily desk calendar which gives me a painting or a lovely motivational quote from the man himself each day. I'll try to include the image I reveal each Monday.

Christmas Tree Pavlova!

We hosted this Christmas and I was heavily influenced by a Christmas tree pavlova I saw on instagram. I got my niece and my sister involved. We modified the recipe to add drizzles of white chocolate, pistachio paste and chopped pistachios on each meringue layer but it was an absolute triumph! We'll definitely do it every year we're cooking alongside the traditional Christmas pud.

Down time 1

Ant gave me my first ever lego set: An American Office Diorama. I can't wait to start playing with it. Lego completely passed me by as a child so I'm excited to try as an adult, It's so interesting that it's taken hitting my late thirties to find joy in seemingly childish things. I've spent a lot of time working, time to balance things a bit.

Down time 2

A few years ago I bought a Nintendo Switch. I'm not a gamer by any stretch of the imagination but I LOVE a bit of Mario Kart. I forget I have the console all year until Christmas comes around. THis year was no different and I'm enjoying my short but intense career as a racing card riving dinosaur. I've been trying to work out what's the next level to unlock!

Mini Flowers

I have finally found the time to do a series of miniature flowers. These are going to appear all over my social media platforms as short form videos. All seasonal and all quick and easy. Enjoy!

Simple wreaths

I painted a lot wreaths at the start of my watercolour career. I used to make them far too complicated. All these years later and I'm enjoying these simple little ones. This will be a short form tutorial in the coming weeks on my social media platforms and Youtube shorts.

This week on Patreon 1

We are starting the 2025 watercolour challenges with a lovely building painting. Le Vin Perdu is a charming restaurant in a historic Devon town called Ashburton. The seemingly simple exterior provides plenty of interesting watercolour techniques so we are beginning a 3 week challenge to draw and paint this this week! This will be for Sweet Pea, Wild Rose and Cherry Blossom tiers.

This week on Patreon 2

The finished result which we'll reach at the end of the month!

This week on Youtube 1

This time last year I painted a hugely popular skiing scene on Youtube. Well the skiers are back on the slopes for 2025!

This week on Youtube 2

I'm all about comfort and pleasure in January this year so we're painting things we love. For me, a cup of tea is high on the list of loves and nice mugs and cups are constantly inspiring. This tutorial is great for practising your glazing.

Top Secret!

I can't tell you much about the last two images but they're part of a big project I'm working on!