Paint Provence and elsewhere with Tess
and other storiesPainting on my Ipad
Walking home in the vineyards as the sun sets and mist starts to fall I have because of need, been painting on my ipad most evenings after dinner, I started with simple and joyful, mainly food i pad paintings and I have moved onto landscapes, which somehow have become...
Painting in Burgundy
Good morning sunshine, the view this morning from our house. We are painting in one of the oldest wine regions in the world, the Phoenicians are said to have first introduced viticulture here in the 6th century BC. It is strange, I hear no birds, see no butterflies,...
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Well here we are, waking up at 5 am, looking through the window as the sky turns from midnight blue to smokey cobalt then hazy cerulean. Every morning at seven am we watch the hot air balloons rise and drop and rise again just to float away and vanish across the...
It’s been too long!
'Dads rocking chair and lavender' What have I been doing since I last wrote, well thats a long story and I am not sure I want to tell you all about it. So I won't. But I have been exceptionally busy and the only time I have had to paint is after 9.30 pm on my ipad...
Paint Provence in isolation
Actually, painting provence in isolation isn't hard at all, it is so huge and there are so few people in land even in the tourist season, that when we paint in the lavender fields we are never seen by other people. We even remain hidden when a cyclist cycles by!...
Provence April 19th 2020
I am sitting in the living room on a wet and grey day, watching the new pale leaves of the medlar tree soak up the rain and grow before my eyes. Yesterday was so hot I was sunbathing, today is so cold I am thinking of lighting the fire. I consider myself extremely...
A rainy day in Provence and a chance to catch up
Hello everyone of course I say I will write tomorrow and I never do. Firstly to say I am having a sale of my paintings 50% off all of them, why you say, well I have a lot and I need to make the space for some more so please visit my website and see if there are any...
Flaments Rose
Just a few images and sketches from Saintes Maries de la Mer. Tomorrow I will write about the colours used. In the autumn I will run a short course here and in 2021 I will run, I will put dates up on website soon. It really is a must here. Aigues Mortes is steeped in...
Finished or not
Anemones on 640 grammes rough water colour paper (Arches) Using wet on dry and dry on dry. These little anemones have been bright and full for an entire week. I am not sure whether or not to leave the painting as finished or to add one or two more anemones as there...
Just a little flooding!
It has cleared a lot now. The rain has sunk into the earth and the skies adorn the water in pastel hues. I see the passing clouds ripple in the wind whilst Tilly our little black dog dumps sticks at my feet insistant that I throw them for her. This next lovely piece...