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November 2026

4 videos

  1. A harbour at dawn in six colours

    A small oil painting from the first pencil mark to the last touch of white.

    A quiet harbour at dawn with moored boats and mist.
  2. Painting cliffs in the wind

    Standing at the easel on a blowy day, and the tricks that keep the paint on the board.

    Limestone cliffs and scrub above a blue Adriatic sea.
  3. Mixing a grey that is never dull

    Three colours, a knife and a palette, mixed into a dozen quiet greys.

    A wooden palette of oil paint being mixed with a knife.
  4. What I carry in my paint box

    The ten tubes, the brushes and the few small things I take every time.

    Brushes in a jar on a stone ledge above the sea.

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