I discovered and joined the Urban Sketching movement in October 2023.Most regions around the globe will have an urban sketching chapter – I belong to Urban Sketchers Bournemouth and Poole. Meeting once a month, we go out as a group and live-sketch that location – never from photos, always from life. The movement is a…
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Invited to join the plein air group again this year for the Bluebell wood session. This time, I positioned myself within the shade of the woods and focused on capturing the vibrant yellow of the distant rape seed field seen beyond the woodland copse.
First in a new series of fruits, vegetables, flora and fauna. Acrylic on paper, 6″ x 6″ within a 10″ x 10″ grey beechwood frame.
Hot off the press! This year’s personal Christmas card, ‘Festive robin.’ A four colour Lino cut print job. Each individual card carries one of the unique originals – mounted to the front face, in this limited edition run. The card blanks were overprinted with a festive caption, and the envelopes featured a miniature reproduction image…
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The bluebell wood located in my sister’s New Forest property, was the subject of this month’s plenaire’s meeting, to which I was lucky enough to have been invited.
Having borrowed a super etching press form my sister, Jenny – I decided to have a go at printing a 5 colour Lino cut which I made during the first lockdown, last year. This is a snapshot of the result.
