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(Part one: Oranges)", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/can-you-really-paint-with-just-primaries-plus-white-part-one-oranges", "published_at": "2018-04-13T15:14:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-5f0a-73d4-942e-a106038f75b6", "title": "The Limits of the Primary Palette", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/the-limits-of-the-primary-palette", "published_at": "2018-03-23T16:00:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-5f0a-73d4-942e-a1060433a097", "title": "How to See Colour as Value", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/how-to-see-colour-as-value", "published_at": "2018-03-16T15:34:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-5f0a-73d4-942e-a106050c362e", "title": "Why Understanding Colour Frees You To Paint How You Like", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/why-understanding-colour-frees-you-to-paint-how-you-like", "published_at": "2018-03-09T15:37:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-b9a4-709e-8e17-c804efa7b9c9", "title": "Pink and Yellow", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/pink-and-yellow-post", "published_at": "2018-02-22T16:46:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-b9a4-709e-8e17-c804f00204a6", "title": "Why Limit Your Palette?", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/why-limit-your-palette", "published_at": "2018-02-09T13:27:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-b9a4-709e-8e17-c804f03c6e77", "title": "Why is it so hard to finish a painting?", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/why-is-it-so-hard-to-finish-a-painting", "published_at": "2018-01-19T16:29:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-b9a4-709e-8e17-c804f1019282", "title": "Dream Big, Take Small Steps", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/take-small-steps", "published_at": "2018-01-12T11:53:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-b9a4-709e-8e17-c804f11c72d9", "title": "Give yourself permission (to take the one big step you need to take)", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/give-yourself-permission-to-take-the-one-big-step-you-need-to-take", "published_at": "2017-12-15T14:39:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-b9a4-709e-8e17-c804f1d98db5", "title": "Winter in Uley", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/winter-in-uley", "published_at": "2017-12-12T17:06:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-b9a4-709e-8e17-c804f2b5a857", "title": "Working on my “Na”", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/how-and-why-i-do-my-daily-drawing-practice", "published_at": "2017-12-08T17:18:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-b9a4-709e-8e17-c804f2d3fe1f", "title": "Getting Started", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/getting-started-2", "published_at": "2017-11-24T16:28:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-b9a4-709e-8e17-c804f36ef541", "title": "A New Day", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/a-new-day", "published_at": "2017-11-17T13:44:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-b9a4-709e-8e17-c804f38ee797", "title": "Williams Pears", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/williams-pears", "published_at": "2017-10-16T17:17:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb78-feee-70c0-9b52-747567d7b550", "title": "Lemons and Bay", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/lemons-and-bay", "published_at": "2017-10-08T18:09:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb78-feee-70c0-9b52-74756893e564", "title": "Why I Don’t Paint from Photographs", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/why-i-dont-paint-from-photographs", "published_at": "2017-10-06T11:58:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb78-feee-70c0-9b52-7475696665c9", "title": "Lemons, Bay Leaves and Chinese Bowl", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/lemons-bay-leaves-and-chinese-bowl", "published_at": "2017-10-03T17:28:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb78-feee-70c0-9b52-747569d2cf70", "title": "How I use Underpainting to Influence the Final Painting", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/how-i-use-underpainting-in-oils-to-influence-the-final-painting", "published_at": "2017-09-22T11:48:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb78-feee-70c0-9b52-747569f16b5d", "title": "How to Choose the Right Pigments", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/you-dont-need-colour-recipes", "published_at": "2017-08-25T15:28:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb78-feee-70c0-9b52-74756a296dbc", "title": "Drawing Exercise: Sight Size Block in", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/drawing-exercise-sight-size-block-in", "published_at": "2017-08-18T14:25:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb78-feee-70c0-9b52-74756ab3ccd7", "title": "Why Accuracy?", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/why-accuracy", "published_at": "2017-08-11T15:20:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb78-feee-70c0-9b52-74756b823fa6", "title": "You have to be so strong to live this life", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/you-have-to-be-so-strong-to-live-this-life", "published_at": "2017-08-04T12:54:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb78-feee-70c0-9b52-74756c121071", "title": "Lemons in Shadow", "url": "https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/lemons-in-shadow", "published_at": "2017-08-02T16:38:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb78-feee-70c0-9b52-74756cc00fad", "title": 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2025

Quantity not Quality original ↗

20 Nov 2025

Letting go – Plein air diaries #6 original ↗

13 Nov 2025

Why is colour different outside?original ↗

4 Nov 2025

You can be lucky original ↗

31 Oct 2025

Don’t Panic original ↗

29 Oct 2025

Willow Leaves on the Pond original ↗

13 Oct 2025

Feed your soul original ↗

6 Oct 2025

2022

The Big Picture original ↗

22 Aug 2022

Why this painting failed – and how I fixed it original ↗

22 Jul 2022

2021

How to set up (and light) a Still Life original ↗

23 Jan 2021

2020

How to Mix Greens in Oil Paint original ↗

18 Nov 2020

Yellow Roses, and a secret only my journal knew until today original ↗

29 Jul 2020

Lambent Rose, the limitations of paint, and the endless search original ↗

16 Jul 2020

Roses in July, and Embracing the Unexpected original ↗

13 Jul 2020

Last Day of June (Boscobel), and Spending More Time on the Palette original ↗

1 Jul 2020

Narcissi and Willow Pattern original ↗

19 May 2020

Daffodils in a Coffee Pot original ↗

14 May 2020

Dandelions in April original ↗

22 Apr 2020

A Daffodil Painting, and The Colour of Shadows original ↗

7 Apr 2020

Daffodils and Willow Pattern original ↗

11 Mar 2020

Spring Bouquet, and the link between value and chroma original ↗

9 Mar 2020

Daffodils, why yellows are hard, and one way to approach them original ↗

3 Mar 2020

The First Daffodils of Spring original ↗

28 Feb 2020

New Painting: Green Squash – Tightness, Looseness, Control and Freedom original ↗

18 Feb 2020

Tewkesbury Barons original ↗

12 Feb 2020

New Painting: Chaceley Kernels original ↗

7 Feb 2020

Teaching Studio Update: Finding the Perfect Space original ↗

24 Jan 2020

Winter Squash original ↗

23 Jan 2020

The Four Ways of Learning to Paint – Which Fits You Best?original ↗

17 Jan 2020

Why 2020 Has Me So Scared, and Why I Think That’s a Good Thing original ↗

1 Jan 2020

2019

How You Know You’re Improving (and Not Just Spinning Your Wheels)original ↗

17 Dec 2019

Roses with St. John’s Wort original ↗

1 Oct 2019

A Yellow Rose, Painting What you Feel – and Some Thoughts on the Use of Photography original ↗

30 Aug 2019

Warm Welcome Roses and Blackberry Blossom original ↗

7 Aug 2019

Wild Roses, Freedom and Opportunity original ↗

31 Jul 2019

Red and Pink Roses original ↗

25 Jul 2019

Garden Roses, July original ↗

16 Jul 2019

Roses in a Ginger Jar original ↗

5 Jul 2019

The Most Effective Way I know To Improve Your Work original ↗

19 Apr 2019

Three Daffodils original ↗

4 Apr 2019

A Daffodil, The Four Yellows I used to Paint It and the Eight Tubes of Paint I Used to Mix Them original ↗

29 Mar 2019

Do artists still need websites?original ↗

15 Mar 2019

Wild Oxlips – and Painting What’s In Front of You original ↗

8 Mar 2019

Early Spring Flowers – and Why Painting What You See Isn’t Always Enough original ↗

1 Mar 2019

How to have a successful blog even when you think you have nothing to share original ↗

15 Feb 2019

Why You Need to Start a Blog Today original ↗

11 Feb 2019

Why your website doesn’t work (and how to fix it)original ↗

31 Jan 2019

21 excellent questions about auctioning your paintings online – answered original ↗

25 Jan 2019

What you might not know about selling your work online original ↗

17 Jan 2019

Threads: How to succeed as an artist online original ↗

11 Jan 2019

2018

Ashmeads Kernels, and why I’m Painting from Gratitude original ↗

13 Dec 2018

Quince in a Box (and how to loosen up your painting)original ↗

29 Nov 2018

Anna’s Apples original ↗

13 Nov 2018

Two Quinces – and The Painting of Shadows original ↗

9 Nov 2018

Munsell Colour Workshops in Belfast original ↗

29 Oct 2018

Two Pears and a Ginger Jar original ↗

24 Oct 2018

Cotswolds Apples original ↗

16 Oct 2018

Quiet Corner – Coalport Jug original ↗

8 Oct 2018

Copper Apples original ↗

25 Sept 2018

Stouts Hill Apples original ↗

18 Sept 2018

Lavender and Hay Bales in Sault, Provence original ↗

16 Aug 2018

Don’t Stand in the Sun! Second Plein Air Painting original ↗

10 Aug 2018

Shaded Track in Provence original ↗

8 Aug 2018

Plein Air in Provence original ↗

26 Jul 2018

Roadside Roses original ↗

4 Jul 2018

Roses in a Blue Vase original ↗

3 Jul 2018

Garden Roses original ↗

29 Jun 2018

Pink Roses from Paddy’s Garden original ↗

26 Jun 2018

A new painting: “Vessels”original ↗

15 Jun 2018

New Painting: A Water Dropper original ↗

8 Jun 2018

Warm, cool and the middle way original ↗

1 Jun 2018

The CMYK palette – how and why?original ↗

25 May 2018

How to get better at colour design original ↗

18 May 2018

Can you really paint with just the primaries plus white? (Part two: Greens)original ↗

11 May 2018

The Chroma Curve: How to paint light and shadow original ↗

27 Apr 2018

Why I abandoned this painting! (and what I’m going to do about it)original ↗

20 Apr 2018

Can You Really Paint with Just Primaries Plus White? (Part one: Oranges)original ↗

13 Apr 2018

The Limits of the Primary Palette original ↗

23 Mar 2018

How to See Colour as Value original ↗

16 Mar 2018

Why Understanding Colour Frees You To Paint How You Like original ↗

9 Mar 2018

Pink and Yellow original ↗

22 Feb 2018

Why Limit Your Palette?original ↗

9 Feb 2018

Why is it so hard to finish a painting?original ↗

19 Jan 2018

Dream Big, Take Small Steps original ↗

12 Jan 2018

2017

Give yourself permission (to take the one big step you need to take)original ↗

15 Dec 2017

Winter in Uley original ↗

12 Dec 2017

Working on my “Na”original ↗

8 Dec 2017

Getting Started original ↗

24 Nov 2017

A New Day original ↗

17 Nov 2017

Williams Pears original ↗

16 Oct 2017

Lemons and Bay original ↗

8 Oct 2017

Why I Don’t Paint from Photographs original ↗

6 Oct 2017

Lemons, Bay Leaves and Chinese Bowl original ↗

3 Oct 2017

How I use Underpainting to Influence the Final Painting original ↗

22 Sept 2017

How to Choose the Right Pigments original ↗

25 Aug 2017

Drawing Exercise: Sight Size Block in original ↗

18 Aug 2017

Why Accuracy?original ↗

11 Aug 2017

You have to be so strong to live this life original ↗

4 Aug 2017

Lemons in Shadow original ↗

2 Aug 2017

Lemon Water – Oil on Linen Panel original ↗

1 Aug 2017