Until 2020 commissions were something that I hadn’t been asked to do many times, which suited me as some early on had either gone wrong or caused me stress as I found myself working to someone else’s expectations which weren’t always clear. Now, however I am more confident and I have a number of different …
A good day, the focus and idea for commission 1 paid off today. I sent the client a photo and zoomed in picture of one key area. They were happy. We met at the shop to click and collect. In fact client for commission 5 came past and we agreed on an online conversation we …
Last night I drew an A6 study from some photos provided by a friend of the Sailability boats at Ringwood on the edge of the New Forest. Alex had told me how colourful the boats were. So I sketched out one of the photos in my relax before bedtime slot. I posted my progress of …
I spent almost 30 years including training, teaching geography to different extents and I drew diagrams, in fact I drew 1000s if not several more 0s in my years in the classroom from single lessons where I drew on a chalkboard and then to have space would rub out said image and start some more …
So suddenly I have three commissions to work on….. A Valentine original card A Valentine picture A new birthday hat …..I have been sourcing photos for two of these projects but apart from that a day of fresh air walk and then shopping later.
Very aware of the need to relax and switch off especially in lockdown if you are unable to go to work I set up a group on Facebook called ‘Art for fun’ through my shop Facebook account. The background to encourage people to have a go at art as a way of diverting their thoughts, …
When I was a teacher I was always keen to point out to my pupils that I didn’t know all the answers and that I would always be learning. I would attend education events about teaching approaches or geography conferences where I would often add skills and update my own learning. In the interview that …
Today I completed two A6 studies, drawings from photographs, one from yesterday’s walk and one from my link with the Hyogo junior sailing club in Japan. I have now completed two A3 works I had already started and then 23 A6 studies / original art post cards. The studies started with just pen and ink …
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The other week I was scrolling through Instagram and came upon an interview between a french lady and Anna Barrow, a yoga teacher (amongst many other diverse roles) talking about Anna’s business. Anna is in the Purbeck Business and Community Group that I also joined last year. I paid interest as I come across so …