There is nothing like a deadline to either get me panicking and/or get me moving. Sometimes this can lead to overwhelming defeat despite putting the hours in. Sometimes it can give me just the right push to work in a new way and try something a little (or a lot) out...
So, here I am – rocking up to my blog space like a long lost acquaintance. No apologies or guilt – that’s just boring and unnecessary. But the truth is, last year I embarked on a huge project* (a little more on that later) that just took up a HUGE amount...
During the past Summer I took some time to be a student once again – booking on some classes at Leith School of Art in Edinburgh. You can find my blog post about the Painting the Portrait class I did here. I also took another course which I had been planning to...
A tiny detail of an painting finished a wee while ago a way back in July – As time passes, so the memories fade – mixed media on card, 2017 My work has taken quite a dramatic change of direction this past couple of years. As I look at the images here on...
It is a wee while since I have written my studio notes here on the blog but I have still been writing regularly in my ‘end of the studio day’ journal. These pages are becoming an increasingly valuable part of my studio day and I have been thinking about...
The beautiful harbour cottages at Craster I have had a few much-needed sketching days around and about my local area despite the unpredictability of our ‘summer’ weather. Craster is always a favourite place to go and even though I have sketched there many...
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