8/8: Three sketches with different backgrounds

Inspiration I’m still exploring colour pencil using the motif of a single willow tree branch. I took photos of the willow in the back garden at my parents house which I visit often.… Continue reading →

2/6: WHITE PINE – COMPLETED TRIPTYCH avec close – ups

I’ve worked hard on this drawing and i’m extremely pleased with how it’s finally  turned out – I’ll be entering this piece into a competition. I found out that my ‘Invented Memories’ piece… Continue reading →

31/5: ‘White Pine’ second panel – Slideshow of development so far

-For Slideshow see end of post – Today went really well. The blue-green colours are a good contrast to the middle panel. The trunk in the left panel will have warm red-brown colours… Continue reading →

29/5: White Pine middle panel complete

At the weekend I went out to the tree to do some studies of the bark. (again, excuse my appalling handwriting) The photographs and prints did not do the intricate colours justice, making the overall… Continue reading →

24/5: The White Pine

My new drawing is based on the same Pine tree from 3 different views. I’m being cautious with the amount of detail I draw on this. Here’s the montage I’m studying. It’s called a White… Continue reading →

22/5:Just finished new drawing. Posting images early this evening, UK time

10/5:new drawings – Same place same time next week

I wasn’t sure at first, but leaving the gaps out between images is growing on me. It’s a good study. I could create more detailed and refined drawings/paintings/prints during the summer but at… Continue reading →

1/5 – ‘Escape from everything and everyone’ – 3 drawings

Today I created three separate drawings and arranged them on one sheet of paper. I think that this works well as a format. I  think all three drawings work well together. When I look… Continue reading →

17/4: From boggy to ornamental

My latest drawing is from Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park, London. It’s an ornamental woodland that looks amazing at this time of year. You feel completely cut off from the world once you’re… Continue reading →

15/3: Third version. See the improved memories of a park develop

I wasn’t happy with the last version of my latest work. I found a photo that I had taken of an earlier study and realised a couple of things. one, If I remade… Continue reading →