Sue Bradley Artist

Sue Bradley Artist My painting journey began as a teenager with oils and ‘poster paints’. I have painted in most mediums, including acrylics and on-glaze bone china and porcelain.

My favourite medium these days is watercolour, as I love its freshness and vibrancy. I enjoy ‘traditional’ landscape scenes but I’m also very interested in creating pattern and textural effects and experimenting with semi-abstract themes. My favourite subjects are landscape, flowers and animals. My approach to tutoring is for everyone to relax, enjoy, progress individually and above all, have fun!

I worked as a scientist for many years, before training as a primary teacher in science, art, design and technology. I now tutor adults at weekly painting classes, and provide workshops and demos to art clubs and societies
I have had paintings selected for major exhibitions including the 2012 Artist and Leisure Painter magazine annual Open Exhibition at Patchings Art Centre, Nottingham and the Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition at the prestigious Mall Galleries, London. I am thrilled that one of my paintings has just been juried through the first stage of the World Watercolour Competition. I am also a professional artist with the Society for All Artists (SAA). My work is sold through a local gallery in Beckenham, Kent as well as online. My passion for travel provides a wonderful opportunity for landscape sketching, painting and photography. I have travelled to many parts of Europe, the USA, North Africa and New Zealand.

Pouring with rain all day in Venice but I painted a Carnival mask at a workshop. Lots of mask history included.Then a vi...
26/02/2025

Pouring with rain all day in Venice but I painted a Carnival mask at a workshop. Lots of mask history included.
Then a visit to San Marco and Santa Maria del Salute.

Snowdrop season. Spring is on the way!Watercolour.
23/02/2025

Snowdrop season. Spring is on the way!
Watercolour.

21/02/2025

Watercolour artists:
Do check ‘White Esprit’ on FB to see if they are sharing your work as ‘reference material’. They ignore all requests to credit the artists.

Workshop day for Chislehurst Artists. Venetian Masks and Dancers using the blowing and flicking techniques. Some example...
20/02/2025

Workshop day for Chislehurst Artists. Venetian Masks and Dancers using the blowing and flicking techniques. Some examples of the work they created. Really enjoyed my day with this lovely and enthusiastic group.

It’s BAFTA day.Watercolour 9 x 12”.Who will take home the iconic trophy?
16/02/2025

It’s BAFTA day.
Watercolour 9 x 12”.
Who will take home the iconic trophy?

Delighted to have ‘Carnival in Venice’ selected for the England and Wales team, Fabriano in Aquarello 2025. It’s on its ...
09/02/2025

Delighted to have ‘Carnival in Venice’ selected for the England and Wales team, Fabriano in Aquarello 2025. It’s on its way to Italy. Thank you team leader Lea Nixon.

Pastel Society at the Mall Galleries. Very nice exhibition.At the same time: rejection of my submissions for the Royal S...
07/02/2025

Pastel Society at the Mall Galleries. Very nice exhibition.
At the same time: rejection of my submissions for the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour also for the Mall Galleries exhibition.

You can vote! Yes I have a painting selected. It’s anonymous. I wonder if you can spot mine…..?Women In Watercolour.
25/01/2025

You can vote! Yes I have a painting selected. It’s anonymous. I wonder if you can spot mine…..?
Women In Watercolour.

Women in Watercolor 2nd Annual Members Only International Exhibition Viewer\'s Choice Award Voting You may vote for 10 (TEN) total of your favorite DIFFERENT...

No snow here for Christmas but we can always imagine.Winter in Broadway, Cotswolds.
25/12/2024

No snow here for Christmas but we can always imagine.
Winter in Broadway, Cotswolds.

One room left!
24/12/2024

One room left!

He’s getting ready……
Watercolour Santa.

He’s getting ready……Watercolour Santa.
23/12/2024

He’s getting ready……
Watercolour Santa.

Happy Winter Solstice!
21/12/2024

Happy Winter Solstice!

03/12/2024

Just as I had been thinking about an Etsy shop or similar to sell more work abroad, the EU brings in the new . Feeling sorry for all my artist and crafter friends and small businesses.
Thanks again, Brexit. 🙄😢🤬🤦‍♀️

December already?!
03/12/2024

December already?!

Today’s watercolour workshop: Snow People and Polar Bears. Challenge: keeping the whites/lights and shading, hard and so...
02/12/2024

Today’s watercolour workshop: Snow People and Polar Bears. Challenge: keeping the whites/lights and shading, hard and soft edges.
We started with ‘illustrative’ snowmen and women then progressed to starting polar bears. The group ranged from beginners to more experienced artists.

Today’s watercolour workshop at Otford: Holly. Working with complementary greens and reds, hard and soft edges, loose st...
25/11/2024

Today’s watercolour workshop at Otford: Holly. Working with complementary greens and reds, hard and soft edges, loose style.
12 lovely ‘students’, two of whom have only had one acrylic lesson in the past and one previous watercolour workshop with me. Didn’t they do well?!

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The location for my Iguazu painting. It was a sensory overload!
The location for my Iguazu painting. It was a sensory overload!

The location for the Iguazu painting. Sensory overload!

The location. Just listen to the trickling water, serene!

Wait for it…fifth one in the sequence. My watercolour on the big screen, top 200 in the world at the International Watercolour Masters competition and event, Lilleshall Hall, Shropshire, England. What an honour. More posts coming! Now watching demo by watercolour master Xi Guo from China. #internationalwatercolourmasters #lilleshall #watercolourcompetition #worldwatercolor #watercolour

I found a very old time lapse of a stage in this cat portrait. Watercolour. Should have left more white! A common problem when painting in watercolour! I think I’m better at it now. 😂 #Watercolor #paintingcats #cutcatpaintings #cutecat #birman #watercolourcat #watercolorcat #Ilovemycat #catart #softwatercolour #petportrait #feline #watercolortutorial #speedpainting #watercolourwashes #watercolorwashes #timelapseart #timelapsepainting #paintingfur #catseyes #danielsmithwatercolors #winsorandnewton #watercolor #cute #cutesy #cat #silverpoint

I love granulating watercolour paints and recently wrote an article on them for the Leisure Painter magazine with a step-by-step tutorial. Here’s a time lapse of one of my preparation sketches. For the final article I decided on a more subdued sky with more grey so as not to compete with the mountains and foreground. Glencoe in Autumn, watercolour.#jackmansartmaterials #danielsmith #danielsmithwatercolors #scotlandlandscapes #glencoe #scotlandwatercolor #granulation #granulating #leisurepaintermagazine #watercolorpainting #watercolourtexture #texturedart #watercolortutorial #watercolortutorialvideo

I love granulating watercolour paints and recently wrote an article on them for the Leisure Painter magazine with a step-by-step tutorial. Here’s a time lapse of one of my preparation sketches. For the final article I decided on a more subdued sky with more grey so as not to compete with the mountains and foreground. Glencoe in Autumn, watercolour. #jackmansartmaterials #danielsmith #danielsmithwatercolors #scotlandlandscapes #glencoe #scotlandwatercolor #granulation #granulating #leisurepaintermagazine #watercolorpainting #watercolourtexture #texturedart #watercolortutorial #watercolortutorialvideo

Feel like learning to paint and sketch, a beautiful retreat in Devon, England, delicious food, historic setting surrounded by acres of rolling green hills, woodland and coastline? Not to mention relaxation and fun…. #watercolourpainting #retreat #artholidays #devonretreat #england #learntopaint #beginnerswelcome #paintingholiday #devon #arttutorial #pleinairpainting #artretreat #landscapepainting #newhobby #relaxation #relaxtime #englishholiday

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