I believe that there is always room to learn more, no matter what field one chooses, or how many hours one puts in. This blog highlights the art courses I’ve been learning from.
I’ve been thinking about sketchbooks. They are beautiful things, well they can be. I love the paraphernalia of them, the elasticated straps that hold them in place, the endpapers, the red ribbons that save a page. I like them small, […]
A chance to explore the surrounding countryside with a trip into the hills to visit the Lick Observatory. When it was built in 1888 it was the largest telescope in the world, and I have a particular fascination with it […]
‘Through self-portraiture, I am currently exploring the differences between the ‘face’ or ‘mask’ that I have habitually presented to the world, and the reality and complexities of my interior world. Using mainly charcoal and print, I am delving beneath the […]
RePaper drawings line by line Working with the Creative Writing group at Bowery Visual Arts. Sitters found it fascinating to watch the drawing appear on screen as it developed, and their reaction to it became part of the drawing. Many […]
Hiya all, I have been accepted onto a 1 year artist residency at Cub Creek Foundation to do pottery and am trying to wrangle my head around visa options. Would be great to talk to somebody who has done something […]
Design classics aplenty An amazing visit to the Computer History Museum, where the evolution of the Digital Age is carefully and thoroughly explained. Every conceivable widget is included too, making for an epic retro-design encounter too. Computing is rapidly becoming […]
Seven bizarre animal facts that I don’t yet know what I’ll do with Each tiger has individual stripe patterns Tarsiers have eyes the same size as their brains A seals’ flipper resembles human fingers Corals are animals Cow urine is […]
I don’t like to tempt fate so I confess that didn’t start my previous post as I should have. “I hope to Ieave tomorrow” would have been more accurate. Because I could not upload my negative Covid test (“unable to […]
One of the things that make me personally follow an Instagram account is the way the feed looks. Of course, the content or the theme of the account is really important, but many percent of the audience tends to like […]
My work has never been overtly political. I often touch on issues almost accidentally as I go about processing my world, and those issues fall more easily into social statement rather than political activism. A few posts ago I wrote […]
As part of my Professional Practice Two module, I will be looking in depth at NFT’s, social media platforms and trying to understand how they function to promote artists work. When I first heard about NFT’’s I thought they were […]
