Been in the studio a bit more and started a little project. So far I am really enjoying it, so I hope its going to lead to me getting back more often and doing some of the things I have been thinking about but not doing! I am not long back from a holiday and picked...
First time in ages I have been to Life Drawing. Took my usual random selection of papers that have made it onto the life drawing pile, packing paper and sugar paper from an old scrap book this time. I try to limit what I take to draw with or else I get bogged...
Not long back from a fabulous 3 weeks in South Africa. Very pleased with myself as I managed to do 5 little drawings. I took my lovely little Hahnemühle water colour book and a new Rosemary travel brush, that I got for my birthday, along with a small set of...
I just had a lovely weekend in Liverpool, the city where I went to University. I wandered around old and new places and visited the Metropolitan Cathedral, where I did some drawing. The cathedral was somewhere I used to go and sit and the inside is truly...
I have just done 3 days of painting at Bullclough Art School . Earlier in the year I decided I wanted to learn something new and have been interested in trying oils. I signed up for a course at Bullclough with a tutor called Tom Voyce. It was excellent. The...
Well at last I have cut another Lino for the series. I like the result very much, it may still have a bit of editing but for now I will leave it alone and get on and plan the next one. I am not sure why it took so long, it has been half done for ages. Anyway I...
This is the second pair of Lino cuts of la Gomera. I really like the overlay of these especially after clearing a bit more background. This pair is definitely ready to try on higher quality paper with some colour on the background. I had a little play the other...
I have been messing about with Lino, trying to find some inspiration. On my hols last year in La Gomera I got a bit obsessed by shadows on the walls and thought I might be able to do something with them. A couple of months ago decided I had better start...
I have been having a go at a technique, involving pyrography, that was described in my art magazine. I thought it looked interesting and the example demonstrated was a bird that I really liked. I asked for a Dremel versatip for xmas, as dedicated pyrography...
Well I don't know how my poor Blog got so neglected. I did well for a bit and then somehow it fell off my radar. Anyway here I am again on the off chance that anybody ever reads this. I have an online shop on Folksy. You can see it on the home page and you just...