Monday, 26,August,2024 | Blog
While I was back in Somerset recently, I went to the stock car races at Mendips Raceway – which is now the inspiration for my latest linocut. I hadn’t been there since childhood. We used to go there occasionally on summer weekends. If you’ve never...
Sunday, 28,July,2024 | Blog
Had a lovely walk down the hill into Hastings Old Town this morning, combining a trip to the artisan baker in the sunshine with a quick bit of sketching on the beach. Went among the fishing boats and spent a happy half hour with cheap sketchpad and thick black...
Sunday, 30,June,2024 | Blog
I recently started sketching local architecture with a set of black marker pens, as posted here. So, back in Hastings, I have tried to continue with a bit of this – though sometimes rained off! Here are the recent efforts … Hastings Old Town Here’s...
Sunday, 2,June,2024 | Blog
I recently had a long weekend back in my home town in Somerset and on a free afternoon decided to do some sketching. I decided that the tiny A6 sketchpad I had brought away with me on the train was too pathetically small to be much use, so I wandered into town and...
Saturday, 2,March,2024 | Blog
`As described previously,` I was inspired by a visit to the Eden Project in Cornwall last summer to create a linocut or two about this amazing spot. I decided to use two blocks – a key block in black (or other dark colour) that defines the entire image –...
Thursday, 29,February,2024 | Blog
I went to the Eden Project in Cornwall for the first time last summer and, not surprisingly, it has inspired some linocut ideas – as have some of the other gardens I visited in Cornwall. The first Eden Project linocut is now in progress. The first glimpse of the...
