Author Archives: martinrolfe444

Sticky Paint

If you follow me on Instagram you will have seen that I have been on a Jake Winkle Watercolour workshop. Jake Winkle’s watercolour workshop was a master class of wet-in-wet technique. A technique that I have been trying very hard to replicate for years. Jake’s secret is to use sticky paint! Painting wet into wetContinue reading “Sticky Paint”

Top of the morning to you

My Nan loved feeding Robins. She used to have one come to the door of her cottage, wait he would wait in the morning, in the doorstep, for the crumbs from her toast. Until one morning when he impatiently flew into the kitchen. From that point on they would have their morning chats before NanContinue reading “Top of the morning to you”

Plenty of room to scooter

Cabin was the inspiration for this post. Our favourite holiday destination in Wales has a wonderfully steep hill. I have a lovely memory of Sam trundling down it on his scooter. Probably to the dissatisfaction of the local residents. And maybe why the No Scooters notice appeared the following year!

Basil, Lettuce and Tomoto

I’m very late with planting seeds this year… I’m usually very organised and will have a window sill full of tiny seedlings, poking their little leaves above the soil. But this year! haven’t even started. Even though I know supermarkets in England are running out of fresh salad! Our government suggested we should all plantContinue reading “Basil, Lettuce and Tomoto”

My old piano

I’ve decided to use only newspaper as my collage material this week – It has a wonderfully graphic quality to it. I can’t resist using a dog in some of my images, this is a test that I might do as a finished piece. I desperately wanted to use the Soul Train in the pianoContinue reading “My old piano”

Hippo AI

I’ve read a lot of hype about ChatGPT and how it can create your online content… I’ve watched a number of youtube videos that show the ins and outs of ChatGPT and how it has revolutionised their content production. So, I tested it by asking ChatGPT to write this post to create a humourous 50Continue reading “Hippo AI”

Innovation

The Jetsons was a cartoon that was set in 2062 but made in 1962.  The show predicted a number of futuristic electronics, such as flat screen TV’s, smart watches, video calls, digital newspapers and automatic vacuum cleaners. Did they get it right?  They lived in a middle layer between earth and space. And used aContinue reading “Innovation”

I love a show of sunflowers…

To people who might say, I could have created that image – I challenge you to create! This is why this blog exists making art fun and simple.  My memories of sunflowers come from the opening credits of The good life. A be flying around a flower introducing the stars of the show. Today IContinue reading “I love a show of sunflowers…”

Kids today…!

Covid has made headphones an office necessity but while my generation were about making things smaller. Today’s youth want bigger more ridiculous looking headphones.  Our headphones became inner ear pieces, our phones turned from bricks to small tablets.  Perhaps it’s a need to look cool on zoom, or to listen to swearing in a gameContinue reading “Kids today…!”