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...
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...
Lucie from the dolls house gallery ( www.thedollshouseartgallery.co.uk) has created a new exhibition in Macclesfield town centre. Outside the visitor information centre there are two phone boxes, which for sometime have hosted art works. This month Lucie...
Having managed 51 of last years 52Frames I feel I need to maintain that momentum. I think I completed more drawing, painting etc than I have done since leaving college. So, I started this blog in January and never got to post it. I need to update it and put it...
Roll of 24, the challenge from 52Frames this week, refers back to film photography. The idea is to shoot 24 photos and then just pick one. I decided to go with photography this week, partly as I had an idea shooting Xmas lights, and partly as I was busy...
52Frames this week has set the challenge of Letters. I had a idea I was planning to develop, based on something I found from my A level work. Some months ago I had cut out the title of the Puzzles page from the Telegraph, cut it up and reassembled it, the idea...
This week 52Frames set the challenge of Golden Hour. This is the hour after sunrise and before sunset where the light is soft and diffused. I wanted to try and avoid a simple silouhette as we have already looked at that. I searched through some of my photos and...
This week 52Frames has asked for someone else to edit your work. I have been involved in this in two ways this week. One of my friends who contributes to 52Frames has asked me to edit her photo. I have had a lot of fun doing this and will put it up here midweek...
This is a great challenge from 52Frames. I had lots of idea for Silhouette but settled on some photos I took a few years ago of the houses on the other side of the street as the moon was coming up. It works well in the format of my book and is another image...