Paul Hampton

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Sgraffito and Knifing Out

Trying Sgraffito and Knifing Out techniques.

by Paul Hampton November 21, 2025November 21, 2025

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Dry Brush

Class – Practicing the Dry Brush technique. Using the technique to paint a snowy country…

by Paul Hampton November 1, 2025November 24, 2025

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Matching Colours

Matching limited pallet colours. Trying to mix a free pallet of Koi paints with my…

by Paul Hampton October 24, 2025November 24, 2025

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Painting Brown

Class – Painting still life brown things.

by Paul Hampton October 9, 2025November 24, 2025

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More Stencils

Painting autumn leaves using masks.

by Paul Hampton September 28, 2025September 28, 2025

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Playing with Stencils

Class – Using paper dollies, plastic nets and leaves as masks.

by Paul Hampton September 26, 2025September 28, 2025

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Natural Pigments

Class – Using natural pigments to paint watercolour.

by Paul Hampton September 18, 2025September 28, 2025

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Oak Tree

I decided to have another go at painting from an article in the Leisure Painter…

by Paul Hampton September 15, 2025September 15, 2025

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Mixing Colours

A blog post showing my mix chart and my swatch book.

by Paul Hampton September 6, 2025September 6, 2025

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Mountains

Updated 02-09-2025: Testing different papers by painting a mountain range over time.

by Paul Hampton September 2, 2025September 2, 2025

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Random Stuff

This is a collection of random paintings that did not fall into another category.

by Paul Hampton August 12, 2025August 14, 2025

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My Favourites

This post has some of my favourite works.

by Paul Hampton August 5, 2025August 19, 2025

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Turner (No. 1)

Attempting to copy one of Turners paintings, Loch Long, Morning

by Paul Hampton July 30, 2025August 14, 2025

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Magazine Landscape

Painting a wet-on-dry and wet-in-wet landscape from a magazine exercise

by Paul Hampton July 19, 2025September 1, 2025

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Lake District

Class – Painting a view of Buttermere, in the lake district.

by Paul Hampton July 3, 2025August 14, 2025

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Beach Scenes

Class – Using salt and splatter to paint texture.

by Paul Hampton June 26, 2025August 28, 2025

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Street Characters

Class – Dip pen, ink and wash to paint people.

by Paul Hampton June 12, 2025August 14, 2025

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Garden Scene

Class – Drawing foliage using dip pen, ink and wash.

by Paul Hampton June 5, 2025August 14, 2025

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Reflections

Class – Wet-on-Wet and Wet-on-Dry to paint reflections in the lake.

by Paul Hampton May 15, 2025August 21, 2025

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Street – Pen and Wash

Class – Ink and wash to paint a street scene.

by Paul Hampton May 8, 2025August 14, 2025

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Flat Brushes

Class – Using a flat brush to paint buildings.

by Paul Hampton May 1, 2025August 14, 2025

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Mixing Blues

Class – Using mixes of blue to paint sea scenes.

by Paul Hampton April 24, 2025August 14, 2025

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Limited Palette

Using a limited palette to paint “San Giorgio di Maggiore”

by Paul Hampton April 22, 2025September 1, 2025

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Birds – Pen and Ink

Class – Sketching birds in ink and wash to paint.

by Paul Hampton March 27, 2025August 14, 2025

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Birds – Watercolour Pencil

Class – Sketching birds with water soluble watercolour pencils.

by Paul Hampton March 20, 2025August 14, 2025

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Animal Texture

Class – Using texture to paint animal fur and skin.

by Paul Hampton March 13, 2025August 14, 2025

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Small Anmimals

Class – Paining small animals in silhouette.

by Paul Hampton March 6, 2025August 14, 2025

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Stormy Skies

Class – Wet-on-Wet and wax resist to paint stormy skies.

by Paul Hampton February 27, 2025August 14, 2025

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Coffee Pot

Class – Using greys to paint a shinny metal coffee pot.

by Paul Hampton February 6, 2025August 14, 2025

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Candle

Class – Painting candles using wet-on-wet and lifting out.

by Paul Hampton January 30, 2025August 14, 2025