Author: Catherine Beale

I am delighted that my watercolour 'Islands' has been picked from among 2275 entries worldwide to hang at the IWM 2026 Exhibition. Details of this specialist event are below. Do…

I've just got back from a reccy trip to Spain for a new painting holiday! 10-16 May 2026 I'm teaming up with the gorgeous 'Casa de los Cuadros' (House of…

Join me in Bath this August for my annual sketching trip and discover the World Heritage City's other stunning waterway. Observe the canal boats "go gently down the stream" aka…

I enjoy diving deep into watercolours with one or two painters on my private tuition days. Student requests range from helping them prepare to tackle a particular subject on holiday,…

This spring I am so happy to help support the wonderful 'Art at the Heart' initiative run by the RUH here in Bath by showing ten of my latest landscapes…

Images from my sketchbook made during a recent fruitful painting trip to Lindisfarne, Northumberland and Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire. Fishing boat huts on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne A detail from…

Over the winter months I have been busy painting commissions and submitting to the 164th Society of Women Artists annual exhibition. Pictured here are details from my two submissions of…

I'm excitedly preparing my submissions for our SWA Exhibition this year. It's back at London's Mall Galleries this June and you can submit artworks until 8 March. What a fantastic…

This time we will be opening a new sketchbook for 2024 together! Fill the first few pages with ideas and then complete a larger line and wash over the luxury…

Several years ago I worked from a studio in a sweet Regency shop in Widcombe Parade, Bath. This Christmas I am happy to return to Widcombe for its Christmas Market.…