Creating in an unsettled time of life is hard. I’ve had to embrace where I am right now in my life, in between homes due to a relationship break up, and accept that my art practice may be inconsistent, sporadic and lacking direction. As I …
During the height of the pandemic, I would go on daily walks with my sketchbook, often a homemade paper one for easy carrying. I found that these walks were a healthy way of coping with the situation. If it weren’t for them and my art …
Since my last post, I have been continuing to walk down to Belhaven Bay to sketch and draw, in particular to consider what I feel are the colours of Belhaven Bay. I made a point of going at high tide a few times, keeping an …
Since the start of 2022 I have been going down to Belhaven Bay regularly to sketch the birds in a coastal landscape for my next body of work. I love walking down to the coast from the house. The adventure starts as soon as I …
This is intimidating, I thought to myself as I inched forwards along the grass path amongst the abundance of gulls on this tiny island. My heart was racing. Keeping my head low and putting my hands over the crown of my head trying to protect …
In one of my recent blog posts, The Beauty In The Ordinary, I mentioned I was studying and sketching pigeons. It has been so much fun. This past week I had to submit some of my work from this term to my art tutor since …
Since the beginning of 2016 I have been inspired to re-visit and re-commit to a creative, writing project that in turn has led me to embarking on a couple of new creative projects focused on Landmarks, Landscape and Language. Three years ago I went on …
Here is a recent art project I worked on – another wildlife illustration – and the finished artwork was given to my mum as a present. She loved it as robins mean something special to her. It was such a joy and a pleasure working …
Last month I started a distance learning art course in illustrations and since then I have been busy sketching, drawing and submitting my work for feedback. Here are some examples of the sketches and drawings that I have done during my ‘play-time’. The above were …