Painting4fun came about because I believe in the positive benefits of drawing and painting, I decided, as I got older, to give up some time to try and help others discover the magic. The internet seemed to be good idea and with the help of my youngest son, Dave, who is appointed as my web designer, I have built my web site. I chose to call it painting4fun because I believe that art is and should be fun. I also feel that we all should have the opportunity to find this. Whether you just like to doodle while chatting on the phone or you scribble in the margins of papers and blotters on the work desk, you are in fact an artist. Then, when you buy your first pen, pencil, or tube of paint, you automatically get an artists licence. From that moment on, you can draw or paint what ever enters your head. You can change landscapes, move mountains, grow trees where there are none and all in the knowledge that all that you do, is unique to you. Skill levels vary but everyone has the right to express themselves through art. You never stop learning, that's fun, and I am happy to continue have fun and develop my own art skills, all of the time. Every new painting is a chance to develop skills so why not "join in with me and let's have some fun".

Some of the artists who's work I admire are,

David Bellamy - Watercolour
Ron Ranson - Watercolours
James Fletcher-Watson - Watercolour
Alwyn Crawshaw - Acrylic and Watercolour
Edward Wesson - Watercolour
Barry Watkin - Pastels
William Alexander - Oils
Bob Ross - Oils

As for myself, I am currently developing my skills, particularly in the oil painting direction. I am an avid fan of the late Bob Ross, an American Artist who developed an oil painting technique which uses odourless paints and is available for all to try. I have, recently, become a Certified Bob Ross "Wet-on-Wet Technique"® instructor and am both demonstrating and teaching landscape and seascape painting in oils. My passion for this technique stems from it's suitability for all to try, even those who have never painted before. So come on and give it a try, painting is fun