I shut my studio today and am taking a winter break and a chance to go and seek some new inspirations. So, I decided to add a drawing on my studio front window backed by a vertical blind. The piece would be drawn using Posca markers. In the end I used a mix of 5M …
It is 2023. A new year and from February 1 I will start my 7th year as an artist. A dream woke me linked to creativity, a positive dream if slightly manic and bounding full of recognising ideas I have already had and of ideas going forwards for this new calendar year. Yesterday I hosted …
Today at about 1 pm a visit to the shop from an acquaintance – his wedding anniversary is today! Could I do a special card – price set by me then changed by him and my wife that I was undercharging. I remembered to ask which anniversary. He gave me a vague concept based on …
Yep a busy fortnight ahead, then slow slightly, then have biggest holiday since I was a teacher when I used to get this long off every summer. A chance to regroup, visit places, sketch a bit, try out new ideas and generally refresh.
Yes, I have stopped wearing shorts and sandals this last week as it’s too cold sat in the shop to dress like that now, I know what a wimp. So the shop window display needed changing for Christmas run in. I need space inside and the flexibility to set up art for fun outside too …
‘Art for fun’ is the activity that I offer to others but I draw pictures just for fun too. Sometimes I gift them to a friend whose photos prompted an idea or I tried drawing the same subject as a child or someone said something and it just sparked an idea. Here are some recent …
So a late entry to the Santa over Series sees Santa over Durlston added to the set today and immediately 21 cards snapped up.
Never an easy month as autumnal weather moves in and we have had stormier weather and rain. Each week now is a mystery as to how many visitors / customers I will see. On Tuesday I was in the shop as the weather meant it as far too wet to be outside and I had …
Quietness is predicted to fall upon the studio / shop. This was certainly true on Tuesday. However I had a new commission to work on with some pet drawings – I had expressed my trepidation and then the first drawing proved far better than I had ever hoped for. Wednesday, a dry but blustery and …
Since August I have hosted some work by friends who have not exhibited before or rarely displayed their work for others. It is my way of paying back to people who have offered me support since 2017 with my art. So November – Allie Hyett. We met through her partner Chris who also belongs to …