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So my 2020 workshops have started with a bang as I got to be the first workshop to be run in the brand new Craft House space in Bingley. I also got to run my new workshop, Atmospheric Landscapes, for the first time as well!

Unusually this painting was deliberately created with the intention of turning it into Christmas cards hence the rather predictable green and red start to this piece.  In the spirit of getting myself organised for Christmas I started this in October but life had a different idea. So over the Christmas break I started playing around with this piece and seeing whether it would go.

Here I show you how I used a palette knife and a fan brush on a large scale to create atmospheric skies.

I have some pretty spectacular changes lined up for this year with the most exciting one being a move out of my cellar studio into a brand new, purpose built studio in Bingley. Still some way to go before I get in there but I have the plans and I have cut out small squares of sticky coloured paper to help me decide where things are going to go.

A run down of 2019 in pictures. A good year all in all but also tinged with a little sadness. 2020 involves even bigger plans and a lot of hard work!

I have been experimenting with different sizes and different surfaces over the last couple of months and this painting was the result of two ideas coming together.