Please share this reminder with anyone you think will be interested, as it’s almost time for me to hide behind the sofa – my wildcard heat of Landscape Artist of the Year is on Tuesday at 8pm! Here’s a photo of two lovely current commissions in production; reproductions of two double sketchbook pages from my […]
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Remembering an eventful Summer….here’s a sketchbook page from my trip to Stowe- so that’s a clue for what to look for on Tuesday on TV – a crazy woman working in ink in the wildcard area! – and next to it some notes from the great Marc Dalessio workshop I went to in Wales at
Save the date guys, to see me take part at the Stowe wildcard heat….and all the other brave competitors -Tuesday 15th November at 8pm on Sky Arts – but I will be watching via Now TV!! ….and all the other heats too of course on Tuesdays at 8pm 🙂 Here’s an Autumn seasonal photo of
Proper fast sketching in Portsmouth yesterday. Here’s just one of them.
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An old page from my MA sketchbooks for #inktober- from when I drew onboard HMS Victory. The long planks on the deck are fabulous patterns and there are great patches of light, which pour in through the gun ports.
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I’ve been updating my website and I came across this photo – small quick drawings made from the train, developed in oil paint on cereal box cardboard…..a surprisingly nice thing to paint onto. Of course – not a museum quality surface….but unlikely my work will need to last that long….and its free! Note to self
Sketchbooks…..? What? Why? How? Where? When? Answers to these questions, and how to make your own sketchbook from scratch this Saturday ! https://hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/ashcroft-arts-centre
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I’m all prepared for Saturday and looking forward to making sketchbooks, and talking about keeping them, with people at Ashcroft Art Centre in Fareham. Some places still available if you are free. This link should get you to the right part of the booking website 😀 https://hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/ashcroft-arts-centre
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I’ve been really enjoying some drawing out and about lately with a very soft pencil. Sometimes it has to be very quick and at other times you get a bit longer. eg when your models are trapped on the plane! Included are…..St Katherine’s Dock at night, Waterloo Station entrance at rush hour, view from a
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