Watercolour stories
What is in a watercolour?
The paper, the colour, the brush – even the water – each impacts the outcome. The artist, the subject, the moment in time. Each has a story. Maybe a tiny sliver in the grand flow of world events – but each watercolour records a vector in the flow.
Light is Sweet – November 2023
Welcome to this November 2023 edition of Light is Sweet. “Light is Sweet and [...]
Helderberg Basin
This picturesque and abused basin between the hottentots Holland and Helderberg Mountain that [...]
Light is Sweet – July 2023
In this July 2023 edition of Light you can see: Another watercolour in the [...]
Commissions
Commissions are always welcome. Commissioned watercolours are usually unexpected and stretching topics. Here are [...]
Light is Sweet – June 2023
In this June 2023 edition of Light you can see: The next watercolour in [...]
Palmiet – Cape Town Harbour
In preparing a watercolour class on glazing I decided to use photos I had [...]
Light is Sweet – May 2023
Well May has come and gone and my dream of posting an early May [...]
Puddle Rock
There is a collection of rounded quartzite boulders, set among jagged shales, just below the [...]
Lourens River Watercolours
Calendar 2023 - a year in the making Lourens River rises in a spring [...]
Radloff Park – the 2020 Watercolours
In 2020 I worked to create a portfolio of watercolours in our favourite park. [...]
Calendar Projects
Since 2020 I have created a calendar based on the watercolours I have produced in [...]
Light is Sweet – April 2023
In this April 2023 edition of Light is Sweet I cover: The watercolour 2023 [...]
False Bay
The Benguela Current flows up the West Coast from the Southern Ocean. It [...]
Waterfalls
Why are we so attracted to waterfalls? We will travel miles just to see [...]
Light is Sweet – March 2023
It is March and in this edition of Light is Sweet I cover: The [...]
Boulders Beach
Boulders Beach is a hidden gem among the Cape Granite boulders on the coast [...]