At the beginning of every month on my blog I post the instructions for the month’s painting project. Everyone is invited to join in, whatever medium you work in and wherever you are on your painting journey. At the end of the month, I post a photo gallery of paintings submitted, and I encourage you to share yours too. Participation in this is free. Individual feedback on your project painting and/or help as you create it is available by becoming a Project Subscriber via my Patreon page.
If you’re looking for the Monthly Drawing Word Prompt Charts, you’ll find them here.
Current Painting Project: Furrow Patterns
- Project instructions
- Ploughed Field Painting by Vincent van Gogh (aka ‘interesting browns’)
- My Three Attempts at the Furrow Patterns Project
Painting Project:: The Same But Different
- Project Instructions
- For Project Subscribers on my Patreon:
— The Same But Different Project: My Apple Paintings (Work-in-Progress)
Getting Resolution Before the New Year: End-of-year Instructions
Painting Project: The Tall Sunflower
- Project Instructions: The Tall Sunflower
- Van Gogh’s Other Sunflowers
- Egon Schiele’s Sunflower
- My Sunflower Paintings: Part 1 and Part 2
- For Project Subscribers on my Patreon:
— Autumnal Reds with the Sunflower
— Thumbnailing for My Sunflower Painting
— My Started But Stalled Sunflower Painting
Painting Project: Circles of My Mind
- Project Instructions: Circles of My Mind
- Project Photo Gallery: Circles of My Mind
- For Project Subscribers:
— Behind-the-Scenes: Planning September’s Painting Project
Painting Project: Arboreal Abtracts
- Project Instructions
- Project Photo Gallery: Arboreal Abstracts
- Opaque vs Transparent Colours
- Videp Painting Demo: My Arboreal Abstract
Painting Project: Rain Shower at Thorntonloch Beach
Painting Project: Palette of a Place
Painting Project: Stormy Camus Mor Bay
- Project Instructions: Stormy Camus Mor Bay
- Project Photo Gallery
- Step-by-step demo: My Stormy Camus Mor painting using acrylics and oil pastels
- For Project Subscribers:
— Looking at Wave Direction for Seascapes
— Compositional Choices
— Behind-the-Scenes: My Stormy Camus Mor Painting
Painting Project: Seaweed
- Project instructions: Seaweed
- Video Painting Demo: Shorelines Seaweed
- For Project Subscribers:
—Where I Started with the Seaweed Painting Project
—Continuing My Seaweed Saga
Painting Project: Pebble Portraits
- Project instructions: Pebble Portraits
- Pebbles Photo Gallery
- For Project Subscribers:
— Sneak peek
— My First Pebble Portrait Grid
— My Pebbles on a Wood Panel Part One, Part Two, Part Three
— An Artist Even More Obsessed with Pebbles
Painting Project: Shoreline (In the Style of Van Gogh)
- Project Instructions: Shoreline in the Style of Van Gogh
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project Subscribers:
— Short Video of the Location
— Video Demo: Two Shoreline Drawings
— Creating Painterly Brushmarks Like Van Gogh
Painting Project: Eggshells (Looking Beyond the Obvious)
- Project Instructions: Eggshells
- Photo Gallery of Paintings
- For Project Subscribers:
— A Cracking Project
— Eggshells in Graphite & Coloured Pencil
— A Different Angle on Eggshells
December 2020: A Dark Foreground
- Project Instructions: A Dark Foreground
- Project Gallery
- For Project Subscribers:
— Step-by-Step Demo: My Dark Foreground Painting
— Video: Me Looking Over My 2020 Project Paintings
November 2020: Orange Buoy
- Project Instructions: Orange Buoy
- Project Gallery
- For project subscribers on Patreon
— Sneakpeek: November’s Painting Project
— Video Demo: My Orange Buoy Painting
— The Hidden Aspects of My Painting a Creel Net
October 2020: The Little Mouse
- Project Instructions: The Little Mouse
- Project Photo Gallery: The Little Mouse
- For project subscribers on Patreon
— Behind the Scenes: My Mouse Paintings
— Inspiration: The Mouse Illustrations of Monique Felix
— Millais’ Mouse
September 2020: Breaking Wave
Project Instructions: Breaking Wave- Photo Gallery: Big Wave Project Paintings
- For project subscribers on Patreon:
— More photos from Storm’s River
— Behind the Scenes: The Social Media Photo vs Reality of My Watercolour Wave
August 2020: Duntulm Shore
- Project Instructions: Duntulm shore
- Photo Gallery: Project Paintings
- Taking a Long, Slow Look at a Reference Photo
- Interesting Greys
- Video: Rocky Seascape with Texture Paste
- For project subscribers:
— Step-by-step painting demo: Duntulm shore in mixed media
— Video demo: Duntulm shore in oils
— Interesting Greys into Mountainscape
July 2020: Daisies
- Project Instructions: Daisies
- Painting Daisies in a Concertina Sketchbook (with video)
- Photo Gallery: Project Paintings
- For project subscribers:
— Video Foxgloves and Daisies in Mixed Media
June 2020: Bluebells
- Project Instructions: Bluebells
- My Video Demo: Painting Bluebells
- For project subscribers:
— Painting Bluebells for June
— Tree Drawings Combining Control and Spontaneity - Project Photo Gallery
May 2020: Blocks of Abstraction
- Project Instructions: Blocks of Abstraction
- Blocks of Abstraction: Two Cut-Ups
- For Project Subscribers:
— Blocks of Abstraction: From a Bunch of Roses
— Award-Winning Grid Drawing - Project Photo Gallery
April 2020: Found Poetry and Visual Poems
- Project Instructions: Found Poetry & Visual Poems
- Video Demo: How to Create a Found or Blackout Poem
- Video Demo: Start Afresh Found Poem
- Video Demo: Draw Fearlessley Found Poem
- Video Demo: Draw Found Poem
- Project Photo Gallery
March 2020: The Red Boat
February 2020: Woodland Pond
- Project Instructions: Woodland Pond
- Photo Gallery: Woodland Pond Painting Project
- For Project Subscribers:
— ‘Thumbnailing’ with a Camera
— Video: My Thoughts on My Woodland Pond Painting
— Video: Woodland Trees, the Saga Continues
January 2020: Iona Shore
- Project Instructions: Iona Shore with Palette Knife
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project Subscribers:
— Playing with Knives
— Video: My Thoughts on Composition
— Video: Timelapse of my project painting - On-Demand Video: Real-Time Demo, Palette Knife Iona Shore
January 2019: Talisker Bay
- Project Instructions: Talisker Bay
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project Subscribers:
— Project Thumbnails
— Step-by-Step Demo: Talisker Bay
February 2019: Ram
- Project Instructions: Ram
- How I Do It : Splattering Paint
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project Subscribers:
— Project Thumbnails
— Video: Ram Painting Demo
— Video Demo: Sheep Painting with a Rigger Brush
— My Thoughts on Eddie’s February Project Paintings
March 2019: Passing Place
- Project Instructions: Passing Place
- Project Photo Gallery
- Video: “Passing Places” Demo: 20 Minutes in Two
- For Project Subscribers:
— Step-by-Step Photos: Passing Place Sheep
— My Thumbnails for the March 2019 Painting Project: Passing Places
April 2019: Paint Tube
- Project Instructions: Paint Tube
- Photo Gallery: Project Paintings
- For Project Subscribers
— My Thumbnails
— Photos: Step-by-Step of My Paint-Tube Project Painting
May 2019: Tree with Gorse
- Project Instructions: Tree with Gorse
- Photo Gallery: Project Paintings
- For Project Subscribers
— My Thumbnails
— Video Demo of Tree Painting in Ink
— Suggesting a Gorse-Covered Hill
June 2019: Seaweed Rock Shore
- Project Instructions: Seaweed Rock Shore
- Photo Gallery Project Paintings
- My Paintings of June’s Project Photo
- For Project Subscribers:
— Step-by-Step Video Demo
— Another Attempt at June’s Project
July 2019: Beach Huts at Findhorn Beach
- Project Instructions: Beach Huts at Findhorn Beach
- Project Photo Gallery
- Trying (and failing) to Rescue My Project Painting
- For Project Subscribers:
— Video Demo of Painting Pebbles in Ink
— Video Step-by-Step of My First Attempt at a Beach Hut Painting
August 2019: Tall Trees
- Project Instructions: Tall Trees
- Video: Four of My Paintings of Tall Trees, working wet-into-wet with watercolour and acrylic (speeded up 8x)
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project subscribers:
— Video in Real Time of One of My Tall Tree Paintings
— Thinking About Tree Trunk Colours
— New Rules for August’s Project?
— Behind the Scenes: Trio of Trees Drying
September 2019: Portree Harbour
- Project Instructions: Portree Harbour
- Video of the location
- Project Submission: Portree Harbour in Continuous Line
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project subscribers:
— My Thumbnails for Portree Harbour Painting Project (with video)
— Closer Photos of the Church
— Step-by-Step Demo: Portree Harbour Chimneys
October 2019: Camus Mor Rocks
- Project Instructions: Camus Mor Rocks
- Project Photo Gallery
- Video of the location
- Timelapse Video of My Project Painting
- My Thoughts on My Watercolour Rocks
- For Project subscribers:
— My Thumbnails
— Camus Mor Rocks with Fluid, Granulating Watercolour
November 2019: Derelict Croft House
- Project Instructions: Derelict Croft House
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project subscribers:
— Video: Timelapse video of my painting for this project
— If You Don’t Do Thumbnails
December 2019: Highland Cow
- Project Instructions: Highland Cow
- Two Highland Cow Paintings from the McManus in Dundee
- For Project Subscribers:
— Questions About Cows