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LANDSCAPE PAINTING BLOG


The art of travel: why I never leave home without my sketchbook
There's something magical about travelling with a sketchbook. The ability to translate a scene in just a few pencil strokes or paint...

Chloe
Mar 45 min read


Why I paint with a limited palette
Back when I used to paint in oils, what felt like decades ago (or pre-2020) I had far too many colours, and honestly very little idea of...

Chloe
Sep 20, 20234 min read


How to rescue a struggling painting
I’ve been loving a more dramatic, bolder colour palette lately. Beautiful buttery yellows, rich magenta and swathes of rich sky blue....

Chloe
Aug 17, 20233 min read


8 ways painting small changed me
2022 was probably my worst year for painting. I can count the number of canvases I completed on one hand. I was struggling to figure out...

Chloe
Jul 16, 20233 min read


Wildlife art vs landscape art (and why I made the switch)
For the first ten years of my painting journey, I mostly created oil paintings and watercolours of wildlife. But recently, I’ve almost...

Chloe
Jun 3, 20233 min read


Patagonia and Monet’s Rouen series
One scene. Several scenes at once. Tracking the shifting light. Different times of day, different weather. Looking back through the...

Chloe
Jan 12, 20232 min read


Why beautiful places are the hardest to paint
There’s a moment in every painting when you have a choice. A choice to carry on or move on. You’ve put in hours of thought, sketches,...

Chloe
Mar 20, 20202 min read
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