Had a lovely week with some very enthusiastic arty people. Saturday I visited Chester Grosvenor Art Society and did a demo of the view towards the Grand Canal in Venice. The demo was a bit of a race against the clock as it followed their A.G.M. A crowd of almost 100 asked some very interesting questions and I was pleased that the audience were very positive about the picture I produced. After a swift break for lunch we decamped to an adjacent room where the workshop was to happen. You can see... Read More »

I have three or four demonstration and workshops coming up and so decided to work up some previous sketches and drawings into full pictures in order to use them at the demo’s. Three of the assignments are on the topic of “seascapes” so I dusted off some sketches of Venice along with a picture of a sloop at sea and here they are……..... Read More »

I have added three new information sheets onto the site. They were originally prepared for some sketching and drawing workshops I ran last year, but I felt they could be potentially useful for anybody setting out to start sketching as a new hobby or pastime. There is also one about sketching buildings which hopefully any sketcher may find useful. All my info sheets are free to download…….hope you find them... Read More »