Painting Padiham 2026 : practice and the finished work

This year for Painting Padiham Plein air competition I decided to challenge myself to using pastels instead of doing a painting. I am pretty new to using pastels so knew it would be a bit of a risk but I like to give myself a challenge! I decided to do some practice in the run …

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Watercolour butterflies: memories from Florence

This February my family and I took a special trip to Florence, Italy to celebrate my husband and I's milestone birthday. One of the places I enjoyed visiting most during the holiday was the Museum of Natural History, La Specola. This painting is from a photograph I took of one of the museum collections of …

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