by Drawing Pad | 1 September, 2006 | Blog, Drawing, Food and Drink, Sketchbooks, Travel
This was my favourite sketchpad drawing done during the week we spent in Edinburgh at the end of August. I was sitting in a Starbucks after a hard morning walking the galleries and enjoying a Frappuccino mocha grande while using the coloured pencil I’d bought...
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 | 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 | 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...