by Chris | Feb 23, 2015 | Videos
by Chris | May 28, 2012 | Watercolour Paintings
Fishing Boats at St. Ives, Cornwall With all the beautiful sunny weather this week I just wanted to paint something really sunny and summery. Looking through an old sketch book I found a pen and ink drawing of some boats from when we were on holiday as a...
by Chris | Apr 19, 2012 | Paintings of London
The Shard nearly finished, April 2012 Yes the painting is nearly finished, but it was the subject I was referring to, known as The Shard. This is the most exciting architectural accomplishment of the decade in the City of London, and now the tallest building in...
by Chris | Apr 13, 2011 | Cotswold Paintings
Last Friday was the most beautiful warm and sunny Spring day so I packed up my paints to seek pastures new, and do some painting ‘en plein air’. I had not been down the Duntisbourne valley before (just west of Cirencester) but with daffodils lining the lanes it was...
by Chris | Apr 13, 2011 | Watercolour Paintings
Why do I like Malmesbury so much? The Abbey surely has much to do with it. I sang there with my choir (Wessex Male Choir) last year, and the atmosphere and acoustics were lovely. But in Spring weather such as we have had recently I decided to ‘get around’ to painting...
by Chris | Mar 17, 2011 | Watercolour Paintings
This is an unusual subject for me – a bridge on Exmoor, (but do you know which one?) It’s a famous one, and very old. I was commissioned to paint this as a birthday present for someone. I used burnt sienna as a base wash behind much of it which gives it the reddish...
by Chris | Aug 16, 2010 | Watercolour Paintings
Judy Adamson’s Art and Design blog: Guest Post by Chris Fothergill – On the Back of an…: “I’m sure many of our readers will be able to identify with today’s guest post by Chris Fothergill – I certainly can and frequently...
