Our Great Countryside

Be it rivers, villages, or coast there are lots of video paintings in different media for you to work with.
Follow Eric using watercolours, pastels, acrylics, and pen and ink.

UK Landscape

A series of lessons featuring our great countryside and coastline.

UK Landscape

  • £9.99

Above Durham Watercolour

Traditional old scene from 18th century

  • £9.99

Above Robin Hoods Bay Watercolour

Looking down across Robin Hoods Bay

  • £9.99

Above Staithes, Pen and Ink with Watercolours

Pen and Ink with watercolour washes

  • £29

Acrylic Paint Lessons

A bundle of acrylic video lessons

  • £25

Acrylic Paintings

A set of videos dealing with acrylics

  • £25

Ambleside Traditional Watercolour

A traditional watercolour landscape, showing how to paint a river scene.

  • £9.99

Ambleside Watercolour

The little stream running down the side of Ambleside'

  • £9.99

Angel of the North in Watercolour

The Angel of the North painted with limited colours.

  • £9.99

Ashness Bridge

Watercolour of Lake District

  • £9.99

Autumn Lane in Watercolours

This is the footpath towards Prebends Bridge in Durham, in watercolours.

  • £9.99

Autumn Trees in Watercolour and Pastel Pencils

Two versions of this scene on different papers. The darker on is Fabriano smooth and the lighter one is Arches Rough. To finish off with pastels and pencils.

  • £9.99

Autumn Watercolours

Two Autumn scenes in watercolour

  • £9.99

Avro Lancaster in Watercolour

A Lancaster bomber and it's crew returning from a mission.

  • £9.99

Bamburgh Castle in Acrylics

This is a large demonstration broken down into 31 video chapters. It includes 3 dogs on the beach which you can miss out or add some of your own.

  • £9.99

Bamburgh Castle in Watercolours

Watercolour of Bamburg Castle

  • Free

Bamburgh Dawn in Digital Pastels

Bamburgh Castle in digital pastels

  • £5

Bamburgh Pastel

A quick pastel drawing of Bamburgh Castle

  • £9.99

Bamburgh Sunrise Watercolour

Watercolour of Bamurgh early morning.

  • £9.99

Bamburgh Sunrise on Watercolour artboard

Trying out watercolours on new artboard proved frustrating as colours just floated on the top of the surface. Have another board still so will try something else.

  • £9.99

Bamburgh Winter in Watercolours

Snow on the Northumberland Coast.

  • £9.99

Bibury Snow Watercolour

Winter in Bibury, the Cotswolds

  • £9.99

Bishop Auckland Park in Watercolours

Watercolour of trees in the park.

  • £9.99

Bishop Park in Pastels

This vibrant pastel painting is of a pathway through Bishop Auckland Park leading up to the Castle.

  • £9.99

Blue Peter Inn Watercolour

The Blue Peter Inn at Polperro.

  • £9.99

Blue Posy

Watercolour

  • £9.99

Boats Reflections in Watercolour

Boats on beach with reflections

  • £9.99

Bourton on the Water in Watercolours

Watercolour of Bourton on the Water in The Cotswolds

  • £9.99

Canal Walk in Watercolours

Canal boat being pulled by a horse.

  • £9.99

Castle Combe in Watercolour

A traditional Cotswold watercolour

  • £9.99

Christmas Impressions

This will be a winter scene in the style of the Impressionists such as Monet.

  • £9.99

Christmas Sheep

Watercolour for Christmas card

  • £9.99

Christmas Skaters in Watercolours

Skaters outside the chapel in Bishop Auckland Castle grounds.

  • Free

Christmas Sledging

Children playing in snow

  • £9.99

Cley Mill in Watercolours

Great watercolour of Cley Mill on the Norfolk Broads.

  • £9.99

Cliffs of Moher in Watercolour

The magnificent cliffs of Ireland'a West coast

  • £9.99

Clovelly Pen And Ink with Watercolour Wash

This is a pen and ink drawing of  Clovelly then finished off with watercolour washes.

  • £9.99

Corbiere Lighthouse in Watercolours

Corbiere on Jersey in watercolours.

  • £25

Cotherstone Mill in Watercolours

A traditional watercolour of an English water mill. How to paint trees.

  • £9.99

Croxdale Bridge in Watercolours

Croxdale Bridge in Durham as a Watercolour

  • £9.99

Croxdale Lane in Watercolours

Country Lane in County Durham

  • £25

Dales Farm in Winter

A Dales farm in winter showing how to paint snow. Tip, you don't need to, just leave the paper.

  • £9.99

Dales Snow

Watercolour

  • £15

Dean and Chapter Snow part One

Winter's evening looking toward Dean and Chapter pit.

  • £9.99

Doc Martin Houses in Pen and Ink Wash

Watercolour washes over pen and ink drawing

  • £9.99

Drinking Fountain in Watercolours

Children drinking from fountain.

  • £18

Dunstanburgh Pastel

Loose pastel drawing of Dunstanburgh Castle

  • £19

Durham Cathedral in Pen and Ink Wash

This pen and ink will eventually be coloured with watercolour washes/

  • £6

Durham Christmas Card in Watercolour

Choristers playing on the snow in front of Durham Cathedral.

  • £9.99

Durham Miners Gala

Proud Durham Miners carrying their banners through Durham

  • £9.99

Eilean Donan Castle Watercolour

Watercolour of Eileen Dolan Castle

  • £9.99

Eileen Donan Castle

Traditional watercolour of Eileen Donan Castle. This lesson is taken from my studio workshop so there will be additional background sounds.

  • £5

Feeding The Ducks

Little boy feeding ducks

  • £9.99

Filey Brigg Watercolour

Rough seas on North Yorkshire coast

  • £19

Flamborough Head in Watercolours

Watercolour of Flamborough Head on the North Yorkshire coast.

  • £18

Flatford Mill in Watercolour

Constable's Flatford Mill in Watercolours

  • £9.99

Flying Scotsman

Flying Scotsman in landscape

  • £9.99

Gone Fishing

Boy and Grandad on a fishing trip

  • £9.99

High Force Pastel

A abstract pastel painting of High Force in autumn.

  • £10

Holy Island Beach

Holy Island off North East Coast

  • £12

Iona in Watercolours

A full watercolour of Iona.

  • £9.99

Jock's Bridge Watercolour

The River Wear with Bishop Auckland palace behind.

  • £18

Keswick Lakeside in Watercolour

Keswick lakeside in watercolours

  • £9.99

Keswick Snow in Watercolours

A wintry scene at Castlerigg above Keswick.

  • £9.99

Lake Windermere in Watercolours

Part One of this watercolour of Lake Windermere.

  • £9.99

Langdale Pikes in Watercolour.

Lake District's Langdale Pikes in Winter

  • £9.99

Loch Shiel Watercolour

A traditional watercolour of Loch Shiel in Scotland

  • £19

Lorton Valley in Watercolour

Watercolour of Lorton Valley

  • £9.99

Low Force Teesdale Watercolour

Low Force falls in Teesdale.

  • £9.99

Low Force in Watercolours

Watercolour painting of Low Force Teesdale.

  • £9.99

Man's Best Friend in Watercolour

Winter's evening in a back street pit village.

  • £9.99

Miniature Acrylics of Scotland

Four Acrylic paintings of Scottish Isles

  • £19

Norfolk Cottage Watercolour

Watercolour of Norfolk Cottage

  • £9.99

Northern Skies in Watercolour

2 watercolours to demonstrate new range of granular pigments.

  • £9.99

Northumberland Coast in Acrylics

Four coastal scenes in acrylics each one 6" square

  • £12

Old Whitby in Watercolours

Creating reflections with limited palette.

  • £18

Page Bank Colliery in watercolours

A colliery back street scene

  • £25

Painting Wet Streets in Watercolour

Wet streets painting of High Petergate, York. How to paint reflections.

  • £9.99

Penshaw Spring in Watercolour.

Waters melting in spring sunshine.

  • £18

Ploughing in Watercolour

Early morning ploughing

  • £25

Polperro Fishing Boats in Watercolour

This watercolour is broken into 5 videos with over 9 hours of lessons.

  • £9.99

Polperro Harbour in Pen and Ink

Watercolour wash with a pen and ink drawing.

  • £9.99

Quirky Durham Steps in Pen and Ink.

A quirky pen and ink with loose watercolours

  • £9.99

Quirky Robin Hoods Bay in Pen and Ink

A quirky pen and ink with loose watercolour

  • £9.99

Raby Castle with Deer

Watercolour of deer at Ray Castle

  • £9.99

Racing Yacht in Watercolours

Watercolour of Racing Yachts

  • £79.99

Rediscovering British Watercolour Masters

A 15-week online watercolour course with artist and tutor Eric Thompson, exploring the techniques of Turner, Cotman, Seago, Wesson, Hilder, and Russell Flint. Perfect as a Christmas gift for the creative person in your life. Each week we will have a live 2 hour lesson working on a painting by one of these watercolour masters, then on the second week we will paint an original watercolour in their style.

  • £9.99

Remembrance

Remembering The Fallen

  • £5

Remembrance Tommy Poppies

Tommy from Seaham for Remembrance Day.

  • £9.99

River Gaunless in Pastel

Bishop Park in Pastels

  • £19

River Path in Pastels

This is a pastel of the River Wear at Bishop Auckland.

  • £9.99

River Wear in Pastel

The River Wear in abstract pastels

  • £18

Road to Dunstanburgh

View across to Dunstanburgh Castle

  • £9.99

Robin Hood's Bay Shades in Watercolour

A subdued watercolour of Robin Hood's Bay.

  • £9.99

Robin Hoods Bay Shadows in loose watercolour

Sunny morning walking down to the sea. Loose watercolour to create a sense of light.

  • £9.99

Rock Pool Watercolour

Children playing below Robin Hood's Bay Cliffs

  • £18

Runswick Bay Evening in Watercolours

Runswick Bay on the North Yorkshire Coast as evening falls.

  • £9.99

Rye Pen and Ink Watercolour

The beautiful town of Rye in East Sussex.

  • £9.99

Sandsend Watercolour

Sandsend on Yorkshire coast

  • £12

September Walk in Watercolour

Walking near Sunderland Bridge in early autumn.

  • £9.99

Shadows on the Water in Pastels

Pastel of Bishop Auckland Park

  • £25

Shields Ferry Watercolour

Shields ferry on the River Tyne.

  • £9.99

Skipton Canal Watercolour

Lovely watercolour of Skipton

  • £9.99

Skye Boats in Watercolour

Isle of Skye with boats

  • £9.99

Skye Fairy Pools

The Isle of Skye

  • £9.99

Skye Watercolour

Loose watercolours of Scottish Isles.

  • £9.99

Slater's Bridge in Pen and Ink

Pen and ink of Slater's Bridge in The Lake District, then finished in watercolours.

  • £9.99

Snow Scenes in Watercolour

Daytime and evening views of a winter landscape

  • £9

Souter Lighthouse

Souter Lighthouse Sunderland

  • £9.99

Spitfire and Hurricane in Watercolour

Watercolour Photo by Jonathan Ridley

  • £9.99

St. Ives in Pen and Ink

St. Ives in pen and ink wash.

  • £9.99

St. Ouens Bay Jersey in watercolours

The White House on St. Ouens Bay Jersey

  • £9.99

Staithes Beach in Watercolour

A loose watercolour featuring Staithes beach.

  • £5

Staithes Estuary

Early morning at Staithes

  • £9.99

Staithes Quirky

A quirky pen and ink with vibrant colours

  • £12

Staithes in Loose Watercolour

A loose watercolour demonstration down our gallery.

  • £9.99

Staithes in Watercolour

Early morning at Staithes in watercolours.

  • £9.99

Station Road Durham Part One

The main railway viaduct across Durham

  • £9.99

Steam in Bishop Watercolour

Steam engine passing through Bishop Auckland

  • £19

Sunrise, Sunset, 4 watercolours

Three sunrise paintings of Northumberland Coast and a Sunset of Lake Windermere.

  • £9.99

Sunset on Norfolk Broads

Three watercolour sunsets

  • £9.99

Teesdale Landscape

watercolours of Teesdale

  • Free

Teesdale Winter in Watercolours

Paint this snow scene in watercolours from an original video lesson from my art classes.

  • £9.99

Thames Barges Reflections Watercolour

Loose watercolour of barges and their reflections

  • £9.99

Thames Barges in Watercolour

Thames barges approaching the Tower Bridge.

  • £15

Thames Evening in Watercolours

Dusk on the River Thames early 1900s.

  • £9.99

Thatched Cottage in Watercolour

Traditional watercolour of a thatched cottage.

  • £9.99

The Black Dog Pub in Pen and Ink

Pub mentioned in Tayler Swift album

  • £9.99

The Forth Pub, Newcastle Watercolour.

A loose watercolour painting light.

  • £9.99

The Jarrow March in Watercolour

Marching to London for justice.

  • £9.99

The Kelpies in Watercolours

Watercolour of these famous statues.

  • £19

The Poppy Fields in Pastel

Pastel painting of poppy fields

  • £18

The Rock Pool in Watercolours

This watercolour shows how to paint children.

  • £9.99

The Shambles in Pastel

A rainy night in York in pastels

  • £9.99

The Sycamore Gap Christmas Card watercolour

A Christmas card featuring the Sycamore tree in Northumberland

  • £9.99

The Toll Bridge Barnard Castle

A traditional watercolour

  • £9.99

Theatre Royal Watercolour

The Theatre Royal Newcastle on a rainy night.

  • £22

Three Acrylic Paintings 2022

3 16" square canvases featuring skies and water.

  • £9.99

Three Skies in Acrylics

3 different landscapes featuring skies in acrylics. I have created 3 areas with each painting in it's own section.

  • £9.99

Traveller's Rest

Traveller's Campsite

  • £9.99

Ullswater in Watercolour

Ullswater watercolour

  • £16

Upper Teesdale Watercolour

Upper Teesdale in Winter

  • £9.99

Whitby Abbey in Pastels

Whitby Abbey at night

  • £9.99

Whitby Blues

This photo is just a guide for the actual painting.

  • £25

Whitby Glimpse

Watercolour of one of the old narrow yards on the harbour, Whitby

  • £15

Whitby Glow

Evening in Whitby at low tide.

  • £10

Whitby Quirky Pen n Ink

A loose pen n ink with quick washes

  • £9.99

Whitby Steps in Watercolours

Watercolour of Whitby's 199 steps.

  • £9.99

Winter Barn

Winter watercolour

  • £9.99

Winter Bridge Watercolour

Watercolour painting of snow

  • £9.99

Winter Dales Watercolour

Loose watercolour of a wintry scene.

  • £9.99

Winter Evening Watercolour

Setting sun over frosty landscape

  • £9.99

Winter Landscape in Pastel

Kirk Merrington snow

  • £19

Winter Trees in Watercolour

There are two paintings of winter trees in watercolour and pastel, I suggest you paint both at the same time swapping around as one painting dries.

  • £12

Winter Walk in Watercolour

Along the old railway line from Bishop Auckland to Byers Green.