Julia

Something a Bit Different: Interior Design Colour Palettes

On top of everything else, we’ve moved into a grade 2 listed Victorian terrace. It’s charming and quirky, but also dated and spider-filled. So we’ll be gradually doing it up over the next few months (…years). I don’t have lots of impressive Instagrammable photos of it, mostly because we barely have any furniture, but IContinueContinue reading “Something a Bit Different: Interior Design Colour Palettes”

July 2020 Projects

I thought, “oh I really must post before July ends” only to see a Hello August! post on my Instagram feed. A lot has happened in July. We had a family bereavement which hit everyone hard. It happened just as we were moving, so all pretty exhausting and stressful. I’m not going to write aboutContinueContinue reading “July 2020 Projects”

12 Days of Beardies: Day 1

I haven’t posted anything this month because I’ve been SO CLOSE to finishing a big project. But I’m looking at it and, I know, I won’t get it finished this weekend. So instead here’s the first drawing in a series I’m going to be working on. Those of you who have been here for aContinueContinue reading “12 Days of Beardies: Day 1”

Watercolour Terracotta Pots

A few weeks ago, we had particularly nice weather. Whenever possible, drawing from real life is great practice to understand proportion, light and create realistic colours. You learn so much more, but it does have its challenges. After I started this painting, the weather took a turn and I had a couple of weeks ofContinueContinue reading “Watercolour Terracotta Pots”

Watercolour and Pen Suffolk Garden #3

The third in the series! Click here for 1 and here for 2. For each of these I’ve started with a rough sketch. I find it helpful to include little notes to myself. I know I’ve said this before, but I like looking back at the process before a piece is created. The sketch forContinueContinue reading “Watercolour and Pen Suffolk Garden #3”