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...

Warning, Long post.  Maybe settle down with a cuppa and a biscuit while you read.   Well this isn't the post I thought I'd be wr...

In January this year I bought some Blue Wool Scale 1-8 Cards and made lightfastness charts with every watercolour paint that I have in t...

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...