Learning through frustration

Learning through frustration

If this morning was any indication, today threatened to thunder uncontrollably down hill into what all you cool internet types would recognise as a Big Fat Über-Fail! Having this week purchased additional gear to make the most of drawing and sketching on-site (as opposed to snapping photographs and sketches then working purely in my “studio”), [...]


Another pet drawing: a cat

I had forgotten the challenge of rendering short, fluffy cat fur in pencil!


Minor Technicality 49 – Press gang culture

Minor Technicality 49 – Press gang culture

MT49 – Press Gang Culture: The UK MP expenses fracas has me all riled about the media and reminds me why I do not read newspapers. An update on the final episode of Persistent Spirit. Some new projects on the horizon, including a video show!


This is why I love to sketch

We sat grabbing a café solo (espresso) at our favourite restaurant last week in Dénia: Manduka. An ideal opportunity to grab a pen and sketchbook. There I was, scribbling away nothing more interesting (to most) than the view directly ahead of me, over the nearby tables and along the street towards Dénia’s port and town. [...]


Street photography in Britain

Street photography in Britain

I am never one to share the cry of scare-mongers without looking deeper. So when changes to the Terrorism Act appear to have given the Police rather draconian powers against photography in pubic, I wanted to gain some clarity on our regal rights. It turns out those scare-mongers have been at work again. We regularly [...]