in preparation for the forthcoming workshop I am doing at Cass Art in Liverpool I thought I should do a few sketches close by to the store in the hope that we can get out on the day. Just up the road from Cass is one of Liverpool’s older Pubs “the Old Post Office” I liked the way that the sun was only seeping through in a few places highlighting part of the street which is usually by day quite a dark roadway. Sketched most of it standing  and then finished off in the studio... Read More »

Sunny but cold morning for the Liverpool Urban sketchers meeting based at Picton Library Liverpool. It was good to meet up with some sketchers I hadn’t seen since the start of the pandemic! I chose to venture outside and sat near St George’s hall looking back at the Walker Art Gallery and Assizes House. Got very absorbed in the sketch and the time just flew. When I stood up I realised just how frozen I was!! Still pleased with the sketch and chatted to quite a few passers-by. Great... Read More »

I have been preparing some additional Information sheets for forthcoming workshops and classes and attach here a couple of the individual sheets I have prepared . There is a huge variety of pens that an artist can choose these days, it seems to me that the basic question about a pen is whether it is water-soluble or not? Water solubility is the one aspect that can impact the most as to the look of your work.  You may want the ink to run or bloom , or you may be adding a line to emphasise... Read More »