The winning artists in the 12th Annual Watermedia Showcase competition showcase the power of watercolor to touch our hearts and stir our senses.

I LOVE using masking fluid. Once it’s dry it can be peeled off, revealing the untouched white paper underneath. It’s a bit like magic! I first encountered this medium during my college days and since then have had a great relationship with it. I’ve just launched a Skillshare class on using this m

To the casual observer they just look like little unassuming black books. Most of them live in a drawer under my desk. There’s nothing especially astonishing about the 18 pocket moleskines when they’re stacked up. However, within them lies a private narrative I haven’t felt able to discuss before.

If you’ve been following my blog for the last few weeks you’ll know I wrote a brief overview of this whole Success Tips for Illustrators and Artists. Looking at that list now I would like to combine ‘taking action’ with ‘perseverance’ as in this industry I’m in (we’re talking everything from learnin

One of the questions I get asked the most is which watercolors I use. Over the years I've learned through experimentation which colors I prefer, which ones I like the most and how they behave and mix with each other. When I buy my supplies I prefer to buy in open stock, and although it could seem it's more expensive, in the long run is not. I never buy sets because they normally have a lot of colors I don't like and I don't use and end up buying more... All my watercolors are artist's grade, single pigment except two, the pigments are nice and rich and I don't get "mud" when I mix them. I buy them in tubes to refill empty half pans, only occasionally I have bought half pans. As I mention, I have only colors I like, they are mainly Winsor and Newton Professional Watercolors, some Daniel Smith, a couple of MaimeriBlu and a couple of Holbein. I have put together two watercolor sets, one to use at home and one I carry with me in my bag all the time. The big one is the one that stays in my painting room. This is an empty box I bought in 2008 from Daniel Smith, unfortunately they don't sell it anymore. I just found this one here, called FOME Empty Watercolor 24 Half Pan Box, it looks the same as mine before I modified it. It was originally design for 24 half pans but I bent all the divisions inside and now I can fit 39 half pans. Here's a photo with its color chart, I hope is big enough for you to read it. It has the name for each color, pigment code and brand. My little set is a Winsor and Newton Bijou box. It originally came with only 8 half pans, but I removed all the metal bars and I can fit 15 Winsor and Newton half pans, which are slightly smaller than the ones you buy empty, otherwise it only fits 14. This little box is not sold any more by Winsor and Newton, but I found this one here, called Whiskey Painters Standard Palette which looks pretty much the same as mine, but comes empty. Find below a photo with its color chart, again, it has the name for each color, pigment code and brand. I have recently replaced the Payne's Grey for Winsor and Newton Designers Gold Gouache which I like more than the grey, and I can mix the grey ;) With the colors I have in this little set I can mix almost any color I need/want. I hope this answers many questions, but please leave me a comment if you have any other. Colors update 2016 here.

This giclee is printed from a scan of the original watercolour on 300gsm archival quality paper with archival quality inks, by award winning printers Art4Site. As I keep trying to persuade my two sons, bees are delightful creatures, not in the least interested in helping you eat your jam sandwich, and quite happy for you to have your nose just millimetres away from their nose as they forage for nectar. Since starting to paint bumblebees I have become aware of how many different kinds there are, and also how favourably they compare to the honey bee, getting up earlier, going to bed later, working away in worse weather. 10% of proceeds go to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org 14.5 x 18cm with a 4cm border

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