Category Archives: Creative Process

Cold Tea with a Crane Fly

So my first year is complete. I passed my second semester with flying colours, to my great joy, of course – (all swotty types like to get that ‘A’ grade), even doing well on the essay. But now a dearth of Cambridge MA happens – a four month stretch until I get back to the soul-foodContinue reading “Cold Tea with a Crane Fly”

Recent Progress: Semester 2

  I haven’t blogged for AGES because I’ve been both working on the MA and trying to establish a business for myself drawing at weddings & events. This is a really exciting thing, and I feel very positive about it but it requires a separate post, with links to my new business sites etc – definitely coming very shortly. AndContinue reading “Recent Progress: Semester 2”

Before and After Having Kids

    The first in a possible series of ‘How You think Life will be before you have Kids’ vs ‘How Life Actually is With Kids’.  Consider Micheal Mcintyre….. (You Tube clip – trying to leave the house with kids). I had this idea a while back and haven’t had enough time to develop the drawingsContinue reading “Before and After Having Kids”

Chelmsford Morris: New Season Posters

Ah yes, it’s that time of year again.. when daffodils spring to life, the birds sing, frogs spawn and Morris Dancers start putting their bells on. Actually, for Chelmsford Morris the season doesn’t begin in full force until around about St George’s Day, or early May. So, a bit later than daffodils. This year IContinue reading “Chelmsford Morris: New Season Posters”

Ingrid and Just Imagine

I haven’t posted for a while now, mainly because I have been very busy doing this: Here are a few pictures of my completed window installation for Just Imagine Story Centre. (https://www.facebook.com/JustImagineStoryCentrehttp://justimaginestorycentre.co.uk/). I installed her today and am very pleased with the result; I think you can see I really enjoyed creating her. What IContinue reading “Ingrid and Just Imagine”

Colouring-in

Experiments with using Photoshop to colour some older drawings. I really like this technique and I’m super-happy I’ve discovered it. I use a computer-pen directly on a monitor to colour, and I use the colour rather like an ink wash – but a lot less messy and easier to do it again if you don’tContinue reading “Colouring-in”

Bus Stop Drawings

The lady with a ‘Dalmatian hat’. I drove past her in my car whilst she was waiting at a bus stop; I noticed her hat. Incongruous hat, not in the least bit suitable. So I found myself wanting to recreate her from memory. I’m pleased with the result. I like where this is going. Now IContinue reading “Bus Stop Drawings”

“What is time?”

So, whilst walking to school on Friday, trying to get there on time, unflustered, not too cold, without stepping on dog poo, dropping anything, forgetting anything or having any major tantrums, whilst simultaneously answering questions such as “Mummy what is time?”, “Why do we get older?”, or “what is for school dinners today?” Alex suddenlyContinue reading ““What is time?””

Some of the Best Bits from the Last Few Weeks of Semester 1

What a dull title. I could have called it ‘That Elusive Thing’… or ‘We Almost Never Eat on The Coffee Table in The Lounge in Front of the TV, Honest’ I drew this with a dip pen, in situ and used acrylic to paint and draw almost at the same time. Of course the coffeeContinue reading “Some of the Best Bits from the Last Few Weeks of Semester 1”