I drew this design several months ago, and kept it to one side. It didn't really fit in with the work I really like to do. But we were...

Here are some more of this summer's tiny 8x6 inch landscape paintings, all completed 'en plein air', except for insect removal back home....

"The primary merit of a painting is to be a feast for the eye" said Mr Delacroix, and I do tend to think that when I make these...

There's a word for you. This is an early birthday present from Mrs J. A box for painting outdoors, complete with a palette, slots for...

There are swans in the park near our home, and down on the River Great Ouse there are many. I have spent hours trying to take good...

At Tate Britain there is a room of sketches and studies, 'odds and sods', by Turner. I spent a lot of time in there, and much time in...

I went to Tate Britain on Saturday. I stayed there for five hours, the longest I've ever been in a gallery. I went to see the Auerbachs,...

My latest set of pictures all started black. It is mid winter and the news has been bad. But I like black, 'the Queen of all colours' as...