I had been promising myself for sometime to translate one of my sketches into a larger picture, so here it is! It’s quite a challenge to achieve the sense  immediacy and freshness inherent in a watercolour sketch  into a larger work but I think on this occasion I might have achieved it. The picture is large (61cm…Read More »

I had a really good day last week I packed a picnic and went down to the Golf club sketching. It was a blissfully balmy slow summer’s day and I sat at the back of a couple of tees sketching the view. It was like being “an Artist in Residence” the golfers stopped and chatted…Read More »

I went over to Liverpool on Saturday to join in with the Urban Sketchers group run by Paul Gatenby. We met on Castle street -nice crowd of artists all keen to get sketching , the weather was perfect, dry with a little sun to create some shadows. We all dispersed with a call to meet…Read More »