Sketchbooks

Your Sketchbook should be a place of experimentation and exploration.

Part 6 of a Blog Post Series on Realism to Abstraction by British Landscape Artist Sam Boughton

Part 5 of a Blog Post Series on Realism to Abstraction by British Landscape Artist Sam Boughton

Part 4 of a Blog Post Series on Realism to Abstraction by British Landscape Artist Sam Boughton

Part 3 of a Blog Post Series on Realism to Abstraction by British Landscape Artist Sam Boughton

Part 2 of a Blog Post Series on Realism to Abstraction by British Landscape Artist Sam Boughton

Part 1 of a Blog Post Series on Realism to Abstraction by British Landscape Artist Sam Boughton

Sienna and umber are timeless, earthy pigments — born of iron and manganese oxides — that capture the raw beauty of the natural world. They offer a grounded elegance, from the rustic charm of Tuscan clay to the rich, stabilising depths of deep shadows.

A Blog about the joy of mark-making!

The inspiration behind my newest collection of Autumn / Winter paintings, titled 'Shifting Light'. This collection is a mixture of over 50 new paintings inspired by my recent travels around the British Isles.

Over the past few months I've been reminded of the power of sharing your creativity with others. Through witnessing the joys, challenges, failures and successes of other artists we can gain a fresh perspective and deeper understanding into our own work.

As artists, we regularly hear how “letting go" and "being spontaneous" are key mindsets to creating great art. However, it's not so easy. In this blog post I talk about the rise and fall of confidence in art making.

In this blog post I talk about the importance of landscape sketches and how the can help us to develop as a painter

Finding Inspiration for our art is a never ending challenge! In this post I talk about where I find mine and how I interpret the landscape to create collections of paintings.

Location, Location, Location! This post is about brushes, sketchbooks and other items I take out on drawing trips.