It's raining and I get the day at home today. I decided on some spring cleaning instead of working. And rainy days, when one decided on spring cleaning, are perfect for baking banana bread. This is the situation at my place:
Hello from Sunday night guys. I made you a little "watch me paint" video. It's 10 minutes long and so I hope it's not too boring. Last night we had a lovely open fire to warm the house. It's a bit
This afternoon I finished my work and was contemplating playing with some art. Round here, it's not about missing the tools, here in the studio there's almost everything I would like to use, but the key ingredient usually is inspiration.
Finally! I know! I do take my time, don't I? Well I'll tell you something. My father bought an engraver years and years ago with the idea of engraving his name, contact details etc, on his electronics at about the time he
I think that I can just about draw myself anything, (this statement is open to debate
Ah, the richness of raw pigments. Are you like me, an alchemist at heart? I'm not talking about turning lead into gold
Hello everybody, I'm just back from a few days in Somerset and ready to begin our practical classes. I will give you all the information I have so you can try a few new art forms, and I will link
Last week I had a brilliant Twitter chat with some members of my writing gang Wordsmith Studio. We've been good social media friends since we came together three years ago. There was a thought that I might show how I make
Yesterday I said to Chloe that I wanted to get a new sketchbook to take with me to visit Nick and Joyce Bantock this weekend. I told C that it has to be a Goldilocks sketchbook
Here's some terrific fun! Recently, I booked us a week away in Mexico, and, having C's children's art class self portraits and Frida Kahlo on our minds, we thought we'd make a couple pencils cases to take with us. After all,