I had a fantastic day at PrintFest in Ulverston on Saturday, where I attended two workshops taught by Alex Jakob-Whitworth. The afternoon workshop was pastel on monotype, a really interesting process and apparently following in the footsteps of Degas who would use a similar process. I can see so many possibilities with this, so I’m definitely going to…
I had a fantastic day at PrintFest in Ulverston on Saturday, where I attended two workshops taught by Alex Jakob-Whitworth. The morning workshop was a drypoint workshop where I worked on a scene local to Ulverston, a view looking towards Hoad Hill from Canal Foot. I really enjoyed the process and can see lots of…
A quick lino print that I created to demonstrate the beauty of ‘chatter’ – all those expressive lines that occur as part of the carving process. Some printmakers don’t like them, but I love them and I make a feature of them – see my artwork for more examples! Come and join me on a…
Over the weekend I’ve been working on some new 12 pointed Celtic mandala drawings, which will be used in a future metal embossed clock workshop. Above you can see the sketches I made, which I then outlined in fineliner so I could scan them in ready to use for the workshop. The mandalas are great…
A huge thank you to everyone who has come along to one of my classes this year. It’s been an amazing year and I’ve loved every minute of it and meeting so many wonderful people. If you would like to see what people have been creating on my workshops this year, then I have plenty…
Here’s a very quick recap video of all the sketches that I created for Inktober this year. Each sketch is just 6cm square, and was drawn in 15 minutes or under. Each sketch was drawn from life and is a glimpse of my day – either home life, workshop preparation or venues, and places I…
Yesterday saw the end of the Inktober challenge (read more about my initial thoughts on the challenge here). I thoroughly enjoyed creating these 6cm square sketches of glimpses of each day. I will be reflecting a bit more on the challenge and what I learned from it over the next week or so, but for…
The month is flying by and week three of Inktober is already over! Above are my sketches of daily life for this past week. See my week one blog to read a bit more about the project.
Week two of my Inktober project saw a lot of crafting tools and a couple of days out. See my week one blog to read a bit more about the project.
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 I have decided to go my own way and concentrate on what I would like…
If you have seen my traditional Celtic knotwork then you will know that it is created using geometry and grids, and drawn in pencil, and is quite precise in nature. Recently I have been craving a bit more looseness and so I decided to use one of my many hand made sketchbooks to play around…
Recently I’ve really been enjoying making these metal embossed sketchbooks. Those with my Celtic designs on I made as sample pieces for my workshop with Birtley craft group, you can see all their amazing sketchbooks here. I recently spent a fantastic long weekend away with a group of amazing ladies, for each of whom I…
