Thinking of plein air painting ? Think again. Pick your location and go prepared. I didn’t. I visited Croft Castel in 2024 and two years later I found the original drawing I abandoned in my studio recently and tried to finish it. I failed. Read why and find out what went wrong in this self assessment article.

This blog explores the process and techniques I used and shows below my own rendition of Dr Edward Wilson’s watercolour of McMurdo Sound

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