A wooden palette of oil paint being mixed with a knife.

November 3, 2026 · 12 min

Mixing a grey that is never dull

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November 2026

2 videos

  1. 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.
  2. 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.