🎨 Still Calm Morning – Meditation, Mawgan Porth
40” x 20” | Acrylic on Canvas

Painted on location at Mawgan Porth and completed later in my studio, this piece is all about that luminous stillness you sometimes catch by the sea… when the tide hushes, light stretches long, and the whole world seems to pause and breathe.

The layers of Jo Sonja’s acrylics gave me the softness I wanted — letting the reflections glow and the water feel gently alive… not crashing, not roaring, but quietly listening.

On a wet, grey day like today, it feels good to be reminded that mornings like this really do exist.

A Fun Portrait Lesson with a Regular Student


The rain kept us indoors today… so instead of painting on the beach, we turned a one-to-one lesson into a playful exploration of portraiture.


We worked not with outlines, but with shapes and space… light and dark… texture and smoothness. It’s amazing how a face comes alive when you stop copying lines and start truly seeing.


It felt nostalgic, like rediscovering those timeless fundamentals the old masters used — yet still full of fun and discovery.


Most of my sessions are small and personal like this, though I also work with couples, families, and even large groups — my biggest so far was 450 people creating one artwork together.


Sometimes the rain closes one door, only to open another.

🎨💼 This very, very, very young man arrived determined to begin his art collection.

His first choice? One of my largest, most detailed pieces. With only a few pounds of pocket money, we entered into some serious negotiations… his mum smiling as she watched it all unfold.

In the end, he made his proud first acquisition… a little painting I happened to have in my bag for just such occasions. With some change still jingling in his pocket, the pride on his face says everything.

The beginning of a collector’s journey… 💙✨

🎨✨ This morning I had the joy of teaching two young artists on the beach. They’d seen me do a quick demo the other day and wanted to try a lesson for themselves.

They were amazed at what they created and such a delight to teach. Their smiles throughout were enormous (in the photo they’d taken off their caps and sunglasses, so the sun made them squint!). 🌊💙

Later that afternoon, their parents told me:
“They both said you were a brilliant teacher, and they now have a much increased enthusiasm for art.”

And later still, they shared this beautiful review:
“Our children had a lesson with Jeanni this morning and what a lesson it was … She captured their imaginations and made them look at art in a new way … They learnt so much and created a little masterpiece each to take away. More importantly, they could recall the knowledge learned and look forward to using this to create other fabulous works in the future!”

Moments like these are why I love teaching. If you’d love to paint your own seascape and take home a memory of Cornwall, get in touch … lessons are available for all ages and abilities.