Back to the Kitchen….Litho
I guess everything starts with observations & sketches. I don’t usually have any particular studio piece in mind when I go out sketching...
Bye, Bye Bare Branches
Today I watched a pair of feisty magpies doing their best to see off a rather large & handsome, but persistent crow. It’s a game they...
Early Morning Companions
Not the greatest of sketches I know, but in my defense I don't think it's too bad for 6am in the morning! I venture out at around this...
Hairy-Footed Flower Bees
With the plethora of Pulmonaria in the garden comes the arrival of the hairy-footed flower bee! Anthophora plumipies I even love its...
The Unexpected Guest
It’s no secret that I am a lover of corvids, so it will come as no surprise that last evening I was happily gazing out of the kitchen...
A Golden Find
I was thrilled to find these little beauties in an old Scots pine tree, close to an upstairs window. I don’t often see these at such...
Charting Browns & Studies in Blue
My ink mixing madness has continued & I have lots of miniature pots of ink all neatly labelled as is my wont. An alchemy of siennas &...
Berries & Birds
The wonderful thing about going for weekly walks in the same environment is that I get to see the subtle changes that occur over time....
Extra Texture
I get a real kick out of persuading ink to behave badly; to coerce it into forming spidery threads to also make it granulate and separate...
Cutting Lino - First Attempts
I had the absolute pleasure & privilege of attending a Linocut workshop, run by members of the SWLA & held in the Learning Centre at The...
