ROOTS ABOVE, ROOTS BELOW
Looking up at the roots at Belsay Quarry walk Here in Northumberland, we are spoiled for choice in landscape and scenery. We have sea, moors, woodland and so much more. Having lived here for over 5 years now, we still find new places to explore and this Summer we made...
MAKING A START IN THE STUDIO
The jumble of inspiration images on my studio wall – photographs and graphite studies from the woodland I am still going back in time with these posts – recording the journey of this work in a way that makes sense after beginning these studio notes again....
Seasonal Shift
Vivid green summer trees I remember thinking that I would only be inspired by the winter trees in their stark silhouetted arrangements and I was happy to see my daily sketches as a winter and early spring pastime. I have not previously felt drawn to respond to summer...
Woodland page timelapse
Painted pages in my woodland accordion book Here below is a timelapse of one of the pages in the larger accordion sketchbooks I finished. Inky layers and fine brushes, building marks over marks and layer by layer. There is something about the imperfection of...
Creating Texture on Painted Pages
The raised texture on sketchbook page using gesso and gloss medium With limited supplies, it is possible to get inventive. I like contrasts between watery inky layers and raised texture – all building a rich surface across each page. I found the perfect...
Book as Sculpture
Page edges create images of their own I have created a few accordion books in the past – mostly handmade from scratch. Small and imperfect with simple imagery flowing across the folded pages. One thing I love about these current woodland books (both from...
Painted Pages and Fine Details
Gestural brushstrokes in ink and fluid acrylic As shown in a previous post, I start the layers in these pages with big gestural brush marks. Creating shapes and movements which build layer by layer. When working on cradled board in my studio, in recent years my...
Gathering Inspiration
Twisted tree trunks and branches – pencil on paper It is impossible to capture every detail of a landscape in a sketch. Whether drawing from harbour walls, a panoramic landscape or seascape, or in this case the woodland interior, I can only respond to a fraction...
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