Now here’s a thing – I’ve never knitted and never will, having no affinity at all with anything that requires needles, whether knitting or sewing. At school I was thrown out of the domestic science sewing class because I was so hopeless, and sent to do Latin instead. Believe me, Latin was a doddle by continue reading »
As an artist, I would rather draw a face with character than a mask of perfection. (The fact that I’m not very good at drawing faces is beside the point – this is a philosophical ramble but don’t worry, I’ll keep it brief!) There was a piece on the radio recently about a new continue reading »
Welsh trading schooner Maritime history has been flavour of the week, while I’m working on some pages of a workbook for the Welsh Joint Education Council. Smacks, schooners and coracles are the theme of the pages, so I’ve been digging for stories to bring the subjects to life. Shipwrecks, of course, and the daily life of a continue reading »
Meanwhile, back at the drawing board it’s time to design some more cards – cartoon ones were particularly popular at the boat show, so after plenty of cups of tea and pencil chewing I’ve come up with a few scribbles – like this one: If you can’t read the caption it says continue reading »
Congratulations to Mike Perham on becoming the youngest circumnavigator, in spite of the endless technical problems that are the lot of 21st century solo sailors. While in Cape Town he met up with a 75 year old Japanese man who is the oldest known round the world solo sailor – in fact he’s on his continue reading »