I enjoyed an outing with Liverpool Urban Sketchers last Saturday. We were based at the World Museum in William Brown Street . I climbed to the top floor where there is a wonderful panoramic view of the city. Even though it was a tad ambitious I couldn’t resist trying to sketch the skyline of the city from this unusual vantage point. My Sketch below. I must say the standard of the artwork on show at the throwdown was of an extremely high standard and it was also good to catch up with quite... Read More »

I have just been  ambushed by a deputation of the students from this year’s holiday in Olhào at a talk I was giving on Urban Sketching. I could see them lurking at the back of the room and when I finished they cornered me and presented me with an absolutely brilliant momento of our week at the Casa Rosa. A photobook consisting of a great selection of work from each of the students alongside photos of our week. I was very touched by this wonderful gesture and will always treasure it. A... Read More »

I very rarely use one of my sketches when I am out and about to create a work in the studio. Our Urban sketching meeting for August saw us down on the shore at the Dee estuary in the”boat’s graveyard” The choice of subjects was amazing with rotting hulks as far as the eye could see! I chose a yacht  not in its final throes but certainly well on its’s way. I was pleased with the sketch and that day began a painting when I returned to the study – using my sketch to... Read More »