Polly O'Leary

Watercolour sketch page - Sarracenias It’s been too long since I last wrote a blog post, I’m afraid life rather got in the way, but I’m ba...

A native perennial with a taproot, even when it looks as if it’s been killed by the most severe winter, the Welsh Poppy will bounce back i...

PY153 New Gamboge, specifically the W&N version has been my favourite warm yellow, my ‘go to’ colour whenever I need a warm toned yell...

Lately, I have noticed that my favourite Watercolour paper has changed.  When I can work on it, it's jolly hard work - but without the ...

“Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sun...

2016 has been an interesting year so far. Five paintings finished and taken to London for selection for the SBA Shape Pattern, Structure ...