I recently took some online courses to prepare a post about my learning experiences. In doing so I found a new outlet for my art – Comic books! I tell a lot of stories on my hospital radio show and I’ve always wanted to share these with a wider audience. The course from Domestika gaveContinue reading “Something Different!”
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To Market
This is a post about my recent painting – To Market – A collage using ink and limited palette of sugar paper and gouache.
Pandemic Success
During the Lockdown in June 2021, I was asked by Painters-online website to produce some videos. They are now online and you can see the results of 2 days worth of video production! Click on the image below to see the video.
My sketchbook process, translating my sketches to a finished painting
In this video I develop my urban sketches into watercolour thumbnails images to help evaluate colour and composition working on 4 images at once! The sketches were drawn as urban sketches in my Lockdown sketch book on a visit to Saundersfoot, Wales. The thumbnail paintings are approximately 2*3 inches in size and are offcuts ofContinue reading “My sketchbook process, translating my sketches to a finished painting”
Exploring mark making with ink.
In this video I show examples of my work in sketchbooks and the kit I use while out working. I explore the use and making of a dip pen from a twig and show how I use Japanese ink stick and brush to create tone.
Bournemouth Pier in Collage
Following on from my experiment in Collage I have recorded my process for creating collage and line art.
Weekend Collage Experiment
I tried following an article from the Artist magazine (Create a collage of costal life, Mike Bernard, Summer 2021issue) to help me understand the process for collage. I’m not sure that the result was what I intended but I love the use of the word Wellbeing in the clouds and you can see text throughoutContinue reading “Weekend Collage Experiment”
Trees in the landscape
I have always found trees to be a problem in the landscape, making them look believable. So I have started to focus more effort to recording them in sketches. This is a page from my sketch book illustrating the trees I see on my lunch time walk. I’ve used procreate to create colourful background toContinue reading “Trees in the landscape”
Nature is Everywhere – The January Challenge
Although we live in an urban jungle of houses and concrete pathways, I am able to take a daily amble surrounded by woodlands, lakes and dirt pathways. These beautiful areas are hidden at the backs of undeveloped land between the various housing estates. I chose a wet day to go out to explore with myContinue reading “Nature is Everywhere – The January Challenge“
Kitchen Stories – January Challenge
Food processorWhen we moved into our house I was brought a food processor, which lived in its packaging for years. I struggled to make cakes the traditional way, hand beating eggs, creaming fats and sugars…until one day when we were clearing out our cupboards, the food processor came out of its packaging. During lockdown theContinue reading “Kitchen Stories – January Challenge”
