by Drawing Pad | 12 December, 2005 | Blog, Drawing, graphics, Sketchbooks
I have been working on various things at the moment including the Pericles design, a commemorative mug and a self portrait.
by Drawing Pad | 29 August, 2005 | Art, Blog, Drawing, Painting, Sketchbooks, Travel
We got away in mid August for 3 days to a small place near Dittisham in Devon. We were there last 13 years ago. I was able to do some quick sketchbook work in the wooded valley where we stayed, on the beach and one quick drawing in the bustling town of Dartmouth....
by Drawing Pad | 10 May, 2005 | Art, Blog, Drawing, Painting
This is a small wash drawing done on the nearby River Ock. I used it today as the starting point for these small paintings, which I sent as birthday cards for my sister and mum. It’s amazing how a small drawing can be used for quite different interpretations. I...
by Drawing Pad | 15 April, 2005 | Blog, Drawing
Drew this on the River Cherwell by Addison’s walk in the grounds of Magdalen College, Oxford. I hadn’t drawn there for a long time. It has been cleaned up but still retains the green freshness of spring at this time of year when colour floats; when white...
by Drawing Pad | 7 April, 2005 | Blog, Drawing
I made these two sketchbook drawings to help me compose the two “spring garden” paintings. They are worked from photos and memory of the place, which is the garden/orchard behind the Art department as seen from the painting studio. There is an...