Lurking in my watercolour tin is an unassuming colour that never ever got used. It always came out with the other popular colours in the tin but sat there untouched…
It’s that time of year again. Sketchers from around the world (mostly Germany?) open their sketchbooks every day, pick up their pencils and make a picture based on the day’s theme.…
I went to a screen printing class and am now hooked. Have rushed out and bought all the stuff. Have no real clue how to do it properly. Also it’s messy.…
Sketching in Moseley and Balsall Heath on a hot Sunday. Met some great new interesting people and enjoyed spending time actually looking at buildings I’ve passed by every day for the…
Drawing in art galleries can be filed under ‘Why didn’t I think of this before?’ It’s warm, it’s dry and you get to copy other people’s work without anyone complaining.…
I joined this Flickr Group https://www.flickr.com/groups/edmeverydayinmay2011/ after reading a blog entry from KatharineTyrell at Making a Mark http://makingamark.blogspot.co.uk/ and I’m very glad I did. The standard and creativity of the other…
Another great day with the Urban Sketchers, this time at Edgbaston reservoir.
Starting on this challenge. Today is day 2: draw your favourite animal. Here’s Snuffles who lives over the fence but who spends his time in everyone else’s gardens.
Great day out with the students to Compton Verney, Warwickshire. We enjoyed 500 years of Italian Art and the permanent collection, including this bronze heavenly horse, from the Han dynasty…