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shaun@forwardcreative.co.uk

Category: Painting

Urban Sketcher | Painter | Printmaker

Sage Cottage Artists' Retreat

Cornish sketching retreat available to book…

I’ve just enjoyed an excellent 4-day painting and sketching break with my good friend, @clifftowler at his holiday cottage in Cornwall – and you might like to know that this property is available to be booked for similar creative breaks.

Benefit from dedicated One-to-One coaching

Ideal for those who want 100% coaching designed specifically for them. Focusing on the exact topics which interest you, these sessions might take place at your own home and neighbourhood, or be based at a public venue such as a coffee lounge or hotel etc – with sketching in the town.

Looking back – as I find my way forward…

This week, I have enjoyed looking back at a few favourite paintings from my archives, as I continue to work on developing my style. Having devoted a lot of my creative time on sketchbooking in recent weeks, I am returning my focus to painting and my quest to develop a loose and exciting style –…
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Wimborne Minster Plein air painting

Winter plein air development

I just love making art outdoors in the cool and subdued weather of winter. Today I am in Wimborne, experimenting with my looser approach. I’m looking to add to my ‘Peeping Minster’ series and also to develop my more impressionistic style. This small painting is a dress-rehearsal for the final, 40x40cm canvas. Today was freezing…
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shaun forward plein air at lake pier

A look-back at my plein air 2024

I’m really enjoying painting en plein air. I’ve found I can no longer settle to studio painting quite so easily – now that I have the taste for painting in the great outdoors! Discovering plein air painting Having really made a real effort to get out and about with painting, so far in 2024, I…
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Otter Artist's Society Pop Up

Otter Artist’s Society Pop Up

Very proud to have been selected as one of the three artists from the Otter Artist’s Society, to exhibit at this inaugural Pop Up event in the Mill Lane studio. Accompanied by wildlife artist, Cliff Towler and painter, Julie Vatcher the three of us exhibited our most recent works, whilst also being set up to…
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