Category Archives: Travel
Travels and new aquaintances
The last few months have featured a lot of travel, exhilarating and exhausting in equal measures. The downside of moving around lots is that there hasn’t been much time to draw, but that’s the price for seeing lots. Since this
Travels and new aquaintances
The last few months have featured a lot of travel, exhilarating and exhausting in equal measures. The downside of moving around lots is that there hasn’t been much time to draw, but that’s the price for seeing lots. Since this
Edward I’s castles, Wales
I thought Wales was supposed to be a grey, cold, brooding, constantly-raining place. Last week, however, as we drove around Snowdonia, the skies seemed to emptying themselves of excess sunshine. Just as well I’d just treated myself to a new
Edward I’s castles, Wales
I thought Wales was supposed to be a grey, cold, brooding, constantly-raining place. Last week, however, as we drove around Snowdonia, the skies seemed to emptying themselves of excess sunshine. Just as well I’d just treated myself to a new
A sketchbook
Towards the end of last year I was given a gift voucher for Cornelissen & Son by friends with the instructions ‘treat yourself’. It’s not a shop that I go to often, not for lack of want, but for fear
A sketchbook
Towards the end of last year I was given a gift voucher for Cornelissen & Son by friends with the instructions ‘treat yourself’. It’s not a shop that I go to often, not for lack of want, but for fear
In Print… and Drawathon update
As a budding artist/illustrator (who’s still a part-time student!) it’s very exciting to see yourself (well, yourself as embedded in your drawings) in print. The crisp pages, the smell of ink, the marks and shapes that seem familiar and yet
In Print… and Drawathon update
As a budding artist/illustrator (who’s still a part-time student!) it’s very exciting to see yourself (well, yourself as embedded in your drawings) in print. The crisp pages, the smell of ink, the marks and shapes that seem familiar and yet
At York Minster
This week I had a short but sweet visit to the beautiful city of York. Staying with a good friend who works at the university, I was met off the train and whisked to cosy medieval cottage and strong G&T,
At York Minster
This week I had a short but sweet visit to the beautiful city of York. Staying with a good friend who works at the university, I was met off the train and whisked to cosy medieval cottage and strong G&T,
More lakes: A day at the races
After a week labouring with paint we were treated to an afternoon at the races, at the beautiful course at Cartmel. After the silence of hills and fields it was disorienting to be among crowds and chaos, and in-between having
More lakes: A day at the races
After a week labouring with paint we were treated to an afternoon at the races, at the beautiful course at Cartmel. After the silence of hills and fields it was disorienting to be among crowds and chaos, and in-between having
En plein air
Just back from a trip with the school to the south of the Lake District, painting oils in the open -an entirely new experience! The area, set around a large estuary, was beautiful, and the drama of the mountains could
En plein air
Just back from a trip with the school to the south of the Lake District, painting oils in the open -an entirely new experience! The area, set around a large estuary, was beautiful, and the drama of the mountains could
Lazy days in Marrakesh
On a blissful trip to Morocco I got in a bit of sketching. Though the city of Marrakesh is beautiful, and the red walls and cobalt blue skies never failed to amaze me, it’s not really an artist-friendly place. So
Lazy days in Marrakesh
On a blissful trip to Morocco I got in a bit of sketching. Though the city of Marrakesh is beautiful, and the red walls and cobalt blue skies never failed to amaze me, it’s not really an artist-friendly place. So
Sketches on the Underground
There’s only so much reading of the Metro I can bear when I have to take the tube. This is a far more productive way to commute.
Sketches on the Underground
There’s only so much reading of the Metro I can bear when I have to take the tube. This is a far more productive way to commute.
Laon
Another one from France I’d forgotten to add. Laon Cathedral, drawn crouching on cobbles over a few hours in the sun -and getting a little burnt in the process. Possibly my new favourite French Cathedral, or on par with Beauvais.
Laon
Another one from France I’d forgotten to add. Laon Cathedral, drawn crouching on cobbles over a few hours in the sun -and getting a little burnt in the process. Possibly my new favourite French Cathedral, or on par with Beauvais.
