I spent a very enjoyable morning with the enthusiastic craft group of Heswall W.I. Drawing and painting some autumnal leaves. I had spent an hour or so collecting the leaves from the local wood and they presented quite a demanding exercise in line, wash and layering to achieve a satisfying rendering. The ladies tackled the challenge with relish and some very fine work was produced . I am always delighted when championing a class such as this at the breadth of different interpretations that are... Read More »

Last Sunday The Urban sketchers got together at Woodside Ferry in Birkenhead, and I realised that the venue was the very first for our group over five years ago. Our “official” first meeting was on the 31st July 2016 and 10 people turned up. Because of the weather we had about the same on Sunday! But during the summer we regularly get around 40-50 to our “meets”now and we now have a following of over 500 on our FaceBook page. So I think we can declare it a bit of a... Read More »

I was asked by a local artist Barbara who is championing a “Seabird Trail”in Hoylake if I should like to take part. The idea is that local artists each do an artwork on boards which will be mounted on panels on the promenade adjacent to the bowling green and tennis courts. The  resulting outcome will be a large free to see gallery of work each of which will include a local seabird. Now I shall be honest and say there have been times over the last three weeks that I regretted saying... Read More »