I feel like I'm blowng the dust off this blog, polishing my spectacles, and thumbing through its pages to see where I last posted... December 2020?!!! Oh dear. In explanation I use this blog to post my thoughts and process on painting, and Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for promotion. Over the last year and a half I've been so busy, I've barely been able to look around and post something meaningful, until now. As part of my Kickstarter campaign to gather pre-orders for my fully illustrated edition of 'The Wind in the Willows' (take a look), I have been creating 15 small watercolours for ..read more

I'm hold a pop-up exhibition and sale this Saturday at the Calne Springs Showroom next to the Tesco Superstore. Open 10am - 5pm. I'll be selling prints, books and calendars, plus an outrageous amount of Christmas cards! Hope to see some of you there ?? Also, if you're in the Devizes area, the Best of British Art pop-up gallery is NOW OPEN!    The Art Barn, Cuckoo Corner, Urchfont, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 4RA, UK. 10-4pm each day Dec 7th-12th and Dec 14th-19th   I'm taking part along with a host of brilliant artists. Also, it's in the beautiful village of Urchfont - what's not ..read more

During lockdown I have been producing the occasional free to download and print colouring sheet. 'Catching Butterflies' is latest to be uploaded to my website www.chris-dunn.co.uk/colouring-sheets There are seven in total, so if you find yourself at a loose end, print some off and have a go and please send me your results ..read more

Help needed! Please tell me which book cover layout you prefer. Don't hold back on any other comments too. Thank you ..read more

As the year draws to an end, it's time to post some artwork highlights which I have completed in 2019. I don't post much work on the blog these days, so there is a fair amount to show you. 'Telling Tales' 24 x 31cm watercolour and gouache 'House Sitting' 24 x 31cm watercolour and gouache 'House Sitting' rough drawing'Hankering For Home' 24 x 31cm watercolour 'The Last Train' 51 x 35cm, watercolour and gouache 'Nice Morning Ma'am' 24 x 31cm watercolour and gouache 'Ratty Writing Poetry' 24 x 31cm watercolour and gouacheHopefully in 2020 all my 'Wind In The Willows' illustrations will be publis ..read more

Paisley will have the last laugh.Here's October's Paisley Rabbit illustration, and possibly my favourite in my new 2020 Paisley Rabbit Art Calendar, available now - https://www.chris-dunn.co.uk/product-page/2020-calendar-12x12in It's very exciting to have a full bleed, 12" square calendar. At a larger scale, compared to my 2019 calendar, the images have much more impact and of course you can keep the image page at the end of the monthand maybe even get it framed!! 11 illustrations from the book, plus one new illustration for May ..read more

Rough Drawing - I can't think of a suitable title yet!I've been so busy I have nearly forgotten about my blog! Hopefully this post will kick me into a blogging gear. As I type I am waiting for this painting to dry. I have applied a mixture of prussian blue and payne's grey on saturated paper in the hope of creating an atmospheric late evening background of fields and trees under a light dusting of snow. The finished scene will have Mole sadly recalling his old subterranean home and how he hasn't seen it for so long. The two friends are making their way back to Ratty's house, late on a winter's ..read more

Double JeopardyEvery now and then I like to create two paintings on the same piece of paper. It saves time, paper and water because I soak my watercolour paper in a water tray before taping it to the board to dry and stretch. It may be a time saver, but working like has risks. I must be very careful to protect the half I am not working on from moisture and paint. Thankfully Scotch Magic Tape is brilliant for masking watercolour paper without overly-damaging the paper underneath. Fortunately the tape also adheres to the plastic sheet I use to mask larger areas, which means I can fix the sheet i ..read more