Did I say I was going to do a blog once a week? Perhaps I meant once a month….. it’s been a busy few weeks working towards exhibiting at the RYA Dinghy Show at Alexandra Palace this coming weekend, so writing projects have been put on hold whilst gathering together as wide a range of ‘stuff’ continue reading »
I didn’t make my long suffering art students draw without looking this week – I took in a series of objects for them to draw and tried to get to to look, really look hard, before committing to paper. We were also looking at measured drawing, which means that holding your pencil at arm’s length continue reading »
So much for a daily blog….. well, I’ll try for weekly. New year, new term and my watercolour class at Haverfordwest community college were back at their drawing boards eager to get to work last wednesday, so I’m aiming for an art tip each week. This week we were working on drawing theory, learning to continue reading »
The week between Christmas and New Year is a strange time. You don’t know whether you should be still over-indulging in food and drink and wrestling with the unfinished jigsaw (fiendish – lots of boats in a marina) or whether you should be back on the green tea and perched at the drawing board by 8am every continue reading »
Right, so how many of you have discovered the deliberate mistake in the write up about my 2009 year planner? Only one person so far, unless everyone else is just being too polite to point out that there aren’t “wider columns in the summer months for all your sailing plans”. Yes, all the columns are continue reading »