What's coming up on Patreon (Patreon)

Thank you so much for your extremely helpful comments and feedback, thank you also for the positivity and enthusiasm! I am really enjoying getting to know you all here and over on instagram. 

I have categorised your feedback into sections we will cover below. The Watercolour Challenges for the Sweet Peas will be the most focussed and interactive place to learn but I will do demonstrations on Instagram Stories for Daisies too. 

Here is a run down of what we are going to be covering in the near future (I am always keen to hear your feedback on what you would like to learn so please don't feel it will be restricted to posts like these, get in touch any time).

Read down to the bottom to see what the new subject for next week is going to be!

Painting Techniques

Landscape painting

Large bodies of water

Large expanses of sky and clouds

House & garden, cottages, architectural drawings

Perspective and Shadow

Artist's Mindset and tools

General workflow and when to stop!

Painting something from start to finish

Materials testing

What to do with your paintings

Using the painting for stationery: Borders, wreaths, garlands, wedding invites, christmas cards etc

Things I am working on for the future

'How to paint Animals' is going to be saved later on next year as I am doing lots of work on finessing my style with these whilst painting the book. You will have seen sneak peeks on instagram stories this week.

To make sure that I am tailoring the content to everyone's needs, I am considering adding one more higher tier where there will be live stream sessions and content on how to digitise your work. It is something that not everyone would be interested in so I don't want to clog up the Sweet Pea tier with it just in case.

Live Streaming is looking good - better internet is being installed!  This will be an option available to a higher tier which you will all be welcome to join. This will happen once a month. We will do a poll to find the most suitable day and time each month and set a subject matter. 

Digitising illustrations, this will be done with screen recordings and voiceovers, something we will work out how to do for you! Also for the higher tier, watch this space!

Because I work on a fairly small, detailed scale, I highly recommend watching my videos on a tablet or computer if you can. A phone screen will be quite small. We endeavour to make things as crisp and clear as possible but due to the nature of my work it won't always be the easiest to see everything on a phone screen.

**SO, WHAT'S NEXT?**

Having had a wonderful time with trees, we are moving on to HOUSES and BUILDINGS! This is going to cover painting in a range of styles and a range of architectural subject matters. We will also be looking further afield at the house's surroundings where we can naturally incorporate the trees we have already got to know as well as sky and sea which will seamlessly transition into learning about painting large expanses of water and sky!