If there’s one thing that’s bound to lift your mood when you are feeling a bit down, it’s painting a rooster. Come and find out how to paint a rooster in watercolour and instantly lift your mood.

See the whole series and find out more here…

Watercolour painting needn’t be complicated - in fact sometimes it doesn’t take much more than a simple line drawing.

This comes in handy rather often, for instance…

Do you know the story of the three wise monkeys?

There is something special about a story that has endured so long and in so many forms. From Confucius to carvings to frog ornaments to emojis, here’s what they are really about.

Did you know that elephants purr? Yes, a bit like a cat!

This is just one of the many fascinating facts I learned about elephants - my painting subject for this month’s series. They are such magnificent creatures you can’t really help being curious, can you?

I know we understand each other. It means I can talk freely about my online class addiction. Phew. So this month, I took another class with Miriam from the Inspiration Place.  It was called 'Farm Animal Spirits'. I'm not sure I really got what Miriam meant by this initially.  I was more than happy to just start painting cute little farm animal babies... like these adorable little balls of fluff