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Watercolour painting of birch woods in the White Peak, Derbyshire, by Sheila Gill

Painting the Birch Woods of the White Peak

There's a moment, most evenings in late spring, when the light in a Derbyshire birch wood turns almost turquoise. The trunks catch the last sun and glow silver-white against it,...

Painting the Birch Woods of the White Peak

There's a moment, most evenings in late spring, when the light in a Derbyshire birch wood turns almost turquoise. The trunks catch the last sun and glow silver-white against it,...

Watercolour and pen sketch of Roma with the Tiber bridges and St Peter's dome, February 2025, Sheila Gill sketchbook

A Sketchbook in Rome

Watercolours, pen and ink, and a week of wandering through the Eternal City — sketches from Rome, February 2025.

A Sketchbook in Rome

Watercolours, pen and ink, and a week of wandering through the Eternal City — sketches from Rome, February 2025.

View along the Seine towards Notre-Dame with Olympic security barriers along the embankment, Paris 2024

Paris, Just Before the Storm: Sketching the Cit...

A sketchbook diary of Paris just days before the 2024 Olympics opened — security barriers along the Seine, closed streets, and quiet corners of the Musée d'Orsay, Les Invalides and...

Paris, Just Before the Storm: Sketching the Cit...

A sketchbook diary of Paris just days before the 2024 Olympics opened — security barriers along the Seine, closed streets, and quiet corners of the Musée d'Orsay, Les Invalides and...

Tips for Sketchbooking Outdoors

Tips for Sketchbooking Outdoors

Practical tips for sketchbooking outdoors, from choosing a location to the best pencils, pens and watercolours to bring with you.

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Tips for Sketchbooking Outdoors

Practical tips for sketchbooking outdoors, from choosing a location to the best pencils, pens and watercolours to bring with you.

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My Two Watercolour Paintings of Whitby, North Yorkshire

My Two Watercolour Paintings of Whitby, North Y...

Sheila Gill's watercolour paintings of Whitby, North Yorkshire, and memories of rock pooling, crab fishing and fish and chips in one of her favourite seaside towns.

My Two Watercolour Paintings of Whitby, North Y...

Sheila Gill's watercolour paintings of Whitby, North Yorkshire, and memories of rock pooling, crab fishing and fish and chips in one of her favourite seaside towns.

The Salt Cellar at Derwent Edge, Watercolour painting of the Salt Cellar rock formation at Derwent Edge in the Peak District, with purple heather moorland, grazing sheep and the Derwent Reservoir in the distance by Sheila Gill

The Salt Cellar at Derwent Edge

There's something about the Peak District's gritstone that keeps pulling me back to the easel, and this time it's the turn of one of its most curious characters: the Salt...

The Salt Cellar at Derwent Edge

There's something about the Peak District's gritstone that keeps pulling me back to the easel, and this time it's the turn of one of its most curious characters: the Salt...