15 October 2018
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In previous years, my duties on Soul Survivor trips have amounted to being an additional responsible adult for the group but this year I was in charge of the food too. Consequently, one of the joys was spending time waiting … Continue reading
14 October 2018
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I’ve fallen a bit behind on uploading sketches. I finished my square, spiral bound sketchbook while I was away at Soul Survivor a couple of months ago but have only uploaded them tonight. I don’t propose to repost every single … Continue reading
19 July 2018
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Here is another piece using the same technique as the one I shared yesterday: It wouldn’t have been fair to ask you to guess the title of the song (‘Tequila’); without knowing the context, it would probably be pretty hard … Continue reading
18 July 2018
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If I hadn’t given the game away by putting a caption on the photo and a description directly on the sketch, do you think you would have guessed where it is? I don’t think there is enough information to make … Continue reading
10 June 2018
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Today’s 30x30DirectWatercolor2018 painting shows the organ pipes and a pair of drum kits in the music area at St Clement’s: It’s okay and, for a large (A3) watercolour painting done without any underdrawing, I’m moderately pleased with the result. However, … Continue reading
2 May 2018
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Here is another recent sketch done along the same lines as the one I posted yesterday, albeit with much more garish and less ‘naturalistic’ colours: I did this one after a more measured drawing of the same tower (Windrush Tower … Continue reading
1 May 2018
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I was pleased with the sketch I did on Sunday morning of the organ pipes at St Clement’s: The process of creation was a blind drawing of the pipes in grey felt tip, then the wooden frame in brown felt … Continue reading
20 April 2018
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Last week, I mentioned how I often feel different about my sketches once I have worked them up in to paintings. Today, driving down Cowley Road, I mused on how it also changes how I see and feel about places … Continue reading
13 April 2018
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I was musing the other day on the relationship between sketchbook work and pieces derived from it and, in particular, how I find my feelings can change about a sketch once I’ve developed a painting from it. The particular pair … Continue reading
30 March 2018
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Today is Good Friday and it has turned out to be a good day for drawing. This morning, I went on the annual ‘walk of witness’ in East Oxford, where people from several local churches gather to have an outdoor … Continue reading