This year I took part in the annual Inktober challenge, where participants are encouraged to create a sketch using ink every day during October. There are ‘official’ prompts given out by the organisers if you are stuck for ideas, but, as usual, I decided to go my own way and concentrated on what I would like…
I had a great morning on Friday with two lovely ladies who came along to the studio for a private metal embossed Christmas tree ornament workshop. As you can see, they both took so well to the craft and created two beautiful ornaments, ready for their trees this year. I really like how that although…
The final 10 days of Inktober, and it was a mix of workshop prep, workshop teaching and relaxing at home. I’ll write another blog soon with a full recap and my thoughts on this year’s project. You can read more about this year’s project here.
Two beautiful junk journals created on yesterday’s private workshop. The journals were made from scratch and hand bound. They were then decorated with stencils, rubber stamps and collage to create two unique memory books. I had a lovely afternoon with both ladies and they made such beautiful junk journals, as you can see. Fabulous work,…
It’s been a quieter week, this week, with a lot more sketches drawn at home and just one trip out after dropping off workshop materials. You can read more about this year’s project here.
Week two of Inktober 2025. You can read more about the project in my earlier blog post. This week’s sketches include the views after three workshops, plus views around the house and garden and whilst out visiting.
Last Thursday I was back at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert to run a ‘sketch and stroll’ workshop. The workshop was designed specifically for beginners and for those who say they ‘can’t draw’! Thankfully, although it was a bit breezy, the weather did behave itself and we even had some sunshine. We started off with a few…
I am currently taking part in the annual Inktober challenge, where participants are encouraged to create a sketch using ink every day during October. There are ‘official’ prompts given out by the organisers if you are stuck for ideas, but, as usual, I have decided to go my own way and concentrate on what I would…
Ten incredible metal embossed hearts were made on my workshop at the Land of Oak and Iron Heritage Centre on Saturday. Once we’d gone over the tools and materials and had made a practice piece, everyone designed their own hearts and then got embossing. Plenty of colour was added at the end and you can…
Over the last few weeks I’ve taught two private workshops on Celtic knotwork drawing. One class was for a lady who had already completed a beginner’s class with me and who wanted to learn some more skills, and the other for two ladies who were complete beginners. Both classes created beautiful results, with lots of…
From complete beginners to fabulous lino printers in just one day. I had a great day teaching a mum and daughter how to carve and print lino in my studio today. They came for a private workshop to celebrate a birthday. We started right from the very beginning, going over tools and materials, then…
I spent another lovely afternoon with a local art group, taking them on their next step in their lino printing journey. Earlier in the year I showed them how to do simple lino printing and some gradient printing, and today we moved on to chine collé lino printing, using collage to create colour. Lots of…
