The idea behind photo365 – taking a photograph, any photograph, every day, for a year – has been around for a few years now. Flickr is full of photo365 feeds. More recently, artists have been tapping into the idea with draw365, something I have been doing for just over a month. Time is everything lately. [...]
Last year, the new creative activity boost saw me revisiting old techniques and subjects. But it’s a different world in 2010. Pet portraits are not overly challenging and very rewarding creations. When I did them years ago there were few artists working specifically on pets. So trying to inject more creativity into day to day [...]
Last weekend I actually got out of the flat and travelled to big, bad London. That’s a rare event for me now, but this was a chance to meet with some new people. I was delighted in October to have my work accepted by the SGFA (Society of Graphic Fine Art), and Saturday was my [...]
Typical, no sooner do I start to re-integrate increasingly creative projects into day-to-day life, they start popping up like frequent popping things. I have an everlasting fascination with the way our minds recognise patterns, even in chaos. Without this we would not have art, writing, or see Jesus in pieces of toast. We strive to [...]
This is the latest drawing: pencil on Bristol Boad, around A4 in size. I’ve been experimenting with different papers recently. This and the previous drawing ( a very cute Miniature Schnauzer ) were created on Bristol Board – a very hardy, white paper that despite its smooth, hot pressed surface, accepts pencil very well (if [...]
