by Drawing Pad | 12 May, 2007 | Blog, Drawing, Painting, Sketchbooks, Travel
My mother was 80 at the weekend and we organised a large family party for her. We decided to give her a box filled with small presents . We found one with 28 internal compartments each measuring 2" x 3" and just under 2" deep. I produced the mini...
by Drawing Pad | 18 July, 2006 | Blog, Drawing, Painting, Sketchbooks
I had a day on the isle of wight recently and managed a couple of sketches. the day was sunny but cooled by a gentle sea breeze. The brilliant hazy light across the wet sand meant I would have liked to have done more but I wasn’t there for long.
by Drawing Pad | 12 June, 2006 | Blog, Drawing, Painting, printmaking
I was sorting out folders of work at school and came across these drawings, painting and monoprint. They have been done in snatched moments at school. Sometimes alongside my students or after lessons. Although they are done so quickly they do have some really pleasing...
by Drawing Pad | 28 February, 2006 | Blog, Painting
Twenty five years ago as a student I painted myself in my bedsit (left). This year I was invited to donate a portrait to the National Portrait Gallery’s Gala mystery portrait postcard exhibition. So I painted another picture (right). They make an...
by Drawing Pad | 16 October, 2005 | Blog, Painting
I completed these 4 small pictures last week. They are based on the memory of particular places, weather and light conditions. Looking at them together (above) it’s interesting to note formal qualities that are similar; the high horizon, the composition that...
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....