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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.

I have had lots going on in October with running workshops, getting work ready for exhibitions and attending courses that Art& kind of crept up on me this year. Thankfully I had been organised enough to get all the paintings off to the framers well in advance - although that in itself confused matters as I'd forgotten which paintings were with them.

So a couple of week's ago I took a trip down to Cambridge for a workshop with the Colour Tutor, Juliet Doherty. Oh what she doesn't know about colour she could write on a postage stamp!